Have you guys heard???? I'm finally hooking up with Honeydame! Whooooop! You haven't? Please accept your LASTMA badges lol.
I know I've been MIA lately but I'll be back next week with fresh
:D and I will be replying my comments *face palm* I listen
to this speech-like song from time to time and it never gets old so I'm sharing
with you. I find it really insightful and amusing.
Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
Ladies and
Gentlemen the class of ’99, 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 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.
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. 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.
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 the
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. 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 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 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.
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
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 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, 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…
You can listen here
I'll be back. Kisses
