Ladies and gentleman of the Class of ‘97.

Wear sunscreen!

If I could offer you one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.Oh, never mind. 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 bubble gum!

Do one thing every day that scares you. Sing. Floss. 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 divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken dance on your 75 wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body.

Don’t read beauty magazines.They will only make you fell ugly.Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Get to know your parents. You never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you’ll fantasise that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. respet your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you’ll have a trust fond. 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 carefull 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’s worth.

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. Wear sunscreen!

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