{"id":58,"date":"2006-01-12T23:20:26","date_gmt":"2006-01-12T22:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacer.de\/?p=58"},"modified":"2006-01-12T23:20:26","modified_gmt":"2006-01-12T22:20:26","slug":"wear-sunscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacer.de\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"Everybody’s Free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
\n(to wear sunscreen)<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mary Schmich
\nChicago Tribune<\/em><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\nLadies and Gentlemen of the class of \u00e2\u20ac\u212297… wear sunscreen.<\/font><\/strong> <\/font><\/p>\n

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT<\/font><\/strong>. <\/font><\/p>\n

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. <\/font><\/p>\n

I will dispense this advice now. <\/font><\/p>\n

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. <\/font><\/p>\n

You are <\/font>NOT<\/font> as fat as you imagine.<\/p>\n

Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t 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. <\/font><\/p>\n

Do one thing every day that scares you.<\/strong> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

Sing.<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be reckless with other people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hearts, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t put up with people who are reckless with yours. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

Floss.<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re ahead, sometimes you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only with yourself. <\/font><\/p>\n

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how. <\/font><\/p>\n

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

Stretch.<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel guilty if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. <\/font><\/p>\n

Get plenty of calcium. <\/font><\/p>\n

Be kind to your knees, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll miss them when they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re gone. <\/font><\/p>\n

Maybe you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll marry, maybe you won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t, maybe you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have children, maybe you won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t, maybe you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll divorce at 40, maybe you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the greatest instrument you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll ever own.<\/strong> <\/font><\/p>\n

Dance.<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nEven if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.<\/font><\/p>\n

Read the directions, even if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t follow them. <\/font><\/p>\n

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. <\/font><\/p>\n

Get to know your parents, you never know when they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be gone for good.<\/strong> <\/font><\/p>\n

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. <\/font><\/p>\n

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. <\/font><\/p>\n

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. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n

Travel.<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. <\/font><\/p>\n

Respect your elders. <\/font><\/p>\n

Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t 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. <\/font><\/p>\n

Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you’re 40, it will look 85. <\/font><\/p>\n

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 it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worth. <\/font><\/p>\n

But trust me on the sunscreen.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

listen repeatedly cr) http:\/\/marvin.kset.org\/~rea\/<\/font><\/em>
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