Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of'97,
Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for future, sunscreen woule be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scitists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis or reliable then my own meadering experience. I will dispense this advice...now
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, nevermind, you won't 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 worring is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equaion by chewing bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind: the kind that bilndsides you at 4pm 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 you old love letters, throw away your old band 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' 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 it or what other people think of it; it's the greatest instument you'll ever own.
Dance...even if you have no where 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 fell ugly.
Get to know your parents; you never know when they'll be gone for good.
Be nice to you siblings: they're your best link to your past and the people most kikely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but what a precious few should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps and geography and 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, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and chidren respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy suppose, but you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you are 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 wishing 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, I'm the sunscreen.
BTW, if I say this is created by me, do you believe in it?
Oops, let us think about ways to release your pressure.
Shopping, running|playing basketball, triping: these are more traditional ways. Triping is not my style, at least in this point; I used to playing basketball weekly, but since the weather become colder and colder, i don't think i can hold on for a long time; shopping! wonderful, but... er, who can give me some money? i am a poor boy >_<
So try some funny ways, say, sleeping? At noon, after lunch, drinking a cup of coffee, reading books, and then, go to bed, sleep like a little cute pig...
