måndag, december 3

flesh for bones-

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.

Dont worry about the future; or worry, but know that the worrying is as effective
as trying to solve and 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 Tuseday.
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 reckelss with yours.

Floss
Don't waste your time or 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 recive, 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 intresting people i know didn't know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most intresting 40 years
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'll won't, maybe you'll have children,
maybe you won't, maybe you'll be divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance
the funky chicken dance 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.

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 in your own livingroom. 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 sibilings; 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 to.

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.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern Carlifornia
once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel
Accept certain inalienable thruts, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you will get too old, and when you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were resonable, politicians were nobel and the children respected their elders.


Respect your elders
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthyspouse; 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, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, paiting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

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