Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh, never mind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust
me, in 20 years youâll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you
canât grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you
really lookedâ¦.Youâre not as fat as you imagine.
Donât 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.
Do one thing everyday that scares you
Sing
Donât be reckless with other peopleâs hearts, donât put up with people who are
reckless with yours.
Floss
Donât waste your time on jealousy; sometimes youâre ahead, sometimes youâre
behindâ¦the race is long, and in the end, itâs only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in
doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch
Donât feel guilty if you donât know what you want to do with your lifeâ¦the
most interesting people I know didnât know at 22 what they wanted to do with
their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still donât.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, youâll miss them when theyâre gone.
Maybe youâll marry, maybe you wonât, maybe youâll have children, maybe you
wonât, maybe youâll divorce at 40, maybe youâll dance the funky chicken on
your 75th wedding anniversaryâ¦what ever you do, donât congratulate yourself
too much or berate yourself either â your choices are half chance, so are
everybody elseâs. Enjoy your body, use it every way you canâ¦donât be afraid of
it, or what other people think of it, itâs the greatest instrument youâll ever
own.
Dance even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you donât follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when theyâll be gone for good.
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.
Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold
on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older
you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in
Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do youâll fantasize that when
you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children
respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Donât 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.
Donât mess too much with your hair, or by the time you’re 40, it will look 85.
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
itâs worth.
But Yeah Everybody Is Free Soul …
