I am sharing with you a great essay (word are less to praise its worth, so you find it yourself) and followed by it a song made on that essay:
"Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on
the young"
Wear Sunscreeen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The
long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, Whereas the
rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience,
I will dispense this advice now.
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 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 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 it or 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 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 friends come and go,but a precious few, who should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle.For as 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 children 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 spouse.But you never know when
either one might run out.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 patient
with those who supply it.Advice is a form of nostalgia.D 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.
Mary Thresa Schmich
This is an essay written as a hypothetical commencement speech by columnist Mary Schmich, originally published in June 1997 in the Chicago Tribune.
(Beautiful song based on this essay by BAZ LUHRMANN)
I think this essay provides best and unforgettable advice. In today's ever changing world of successes and failures (and
even in our monotonous life) this serves
as an inspiration which keeps our desires alive. It does covers all the domains (spheres) of life. Actually I found this essay very special, therefore I shared it with you all.
So, let's enjoy this great essay and song.
Source(s): http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-schmich-sunscreen-column-column.html and youtube.