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Enjoy the power and
beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will
not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in
20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t
grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really
looked….You’re not as fat as you imagine.
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Don’t worry about
the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as
trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life
are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at
4pm on some idle Tuesday.
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Do one thing everyday
that scares you.
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Sing
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Don’t be reckless
with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours.
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Floss
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Don’t waste your
time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead,
sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself.
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Remember the compliments
you receive, forget the insults;
if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
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Keep your old love
letters, throw away your old bank statements.
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Stretch
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Don’t feel guilty if
you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most
interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives,
some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.!
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Get plenty of calcium.
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Be kind to your knees,
you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
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Maybe you’ll marry,
maybe you won’t, ..maybe you’ll have children, maybe you
won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t congratulate
yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are
everybody else’s.
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Enjoy your body, use it
every way you can…don’t be afraid of it,
or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own..
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Dance…even
if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
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Read the directions,
even if you don’t follow them.
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Do NOT read beauty
magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
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Get to know your parents,
you never know when they’ll be gone for good.
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Be nice to your siblings;
they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.
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Understand that friends
come and go, but for the 'precious few' you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because
the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
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Live in New York City
once, but leave before it makes you hard;
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Live in Northern
California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
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Travel.
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Accept certain
inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old,
and when you do you’ll fantasize that 'when you were young' prices were
reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
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Respect your elders.
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Don’t expect anyone
else to support you. Maybe you have a
trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when
either one might run out.
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Don’t mess too much
with your hair, or by the time you're 40,
it will look 85.
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Be careful whose advice
you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the
past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for
more than it’s worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen…<*giggle*>
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