Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. 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 bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind,
the kind that blindside you at4pmon some idle
Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you.
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with
yours.
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 the compliments you received, forget the insults.
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.
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 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.
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 have a wealthy
spouse, but you never know when either one might run out.