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" Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
Oh, never mind.
You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth...until they've 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 are not as fat as you imagine.Don't worry about the future,or worry but know that worrying...is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation...by chewing bubble gum.The real troubles in your life are apt to be things...that never crossed your worried mind,the kind that blindsides you at 4:00 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts.Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
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.Remember 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.
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.
Get plenty of calcium.Be kind to your knees.You'll miss them when they're gone.
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.
Whatever you do,don't congratulate yourself too much...or berate yourself either.Your choices are half chance.So are everybody else's.Enjoy your body.Use it every way you can.Don't be afraid of itor what other people think of it.It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance.
Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.Read the directions even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines.They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents.You never know when they'll be gone for good.Be nice to your siblings.They're your best link to your past and the people most likely...to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friendscome and go,but with the precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle.The older you get,the more you need the peopleyou knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once,but leave before it makes you hard.
Life in Northern California once,but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Don't 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 patientwith 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. "

" Any idiot can face a crisis...it's day to day living that wears you out "