wear sunscreen

if I could offer u just 1 tip 4 the future, sunscreen would b 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 & beauty of your youth. oh, never mind. u will not understand the power & beauty of your youth 'til they've faded. but trust me, in 20 years, u'll look back at photos of yourself & recall in a way u can't grasp now how much possibility lay be4 u & how fabulous u really looked. u R not as fat as u imagine.
don't worry about the future. or worry, but know that worrying is as efective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. the real troubles in your life are apt to b things that never creossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside u at 4pm on some idle tuesday.
do 1 thing every day that scares u.
sing.
don't b reckless with other people's hearts. don't put up with people who r reckless with yours.
floss.
don't waste your time on jealousy. sometimes u'r ahead, sometimes u'r behind. the race is long, &, in he end, it's only with yourself.
remember compliments u receive. 4get the insults. if u succeed in doing this, tell me how.
keep your old love letters. throw away your old bank statements.
stretch.
don't feel guilty if u don't know what u 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. b kind to your knees.u'll miss them when they'r gone.
mayb u'll marry, mayb u won't. mayb u'll divorce at 40, mayb u'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. whatever u do, don't congratulate yourself 2 much, or berate yourself either. your choices r half chance. so r everybody else's.
enjoy you body. use it every way u can. don't b afraid of it or of wath other people think of it. it's the greatest instrument u'll ever own.
dance, even if u have nowhere to do it but your own living room.
read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
do not read beauty magazines. they will only make u feel ugly.
get 2 know your parents. u never know when they'll b gone 4 good. b nice to your siblings. they'r your best link 2 the past and the people more mikely 2 stay with u in the future.
understand that friends come & go, but with a precious few u should hold on.
live in NYC once, but leave b4 it makes u hard. live in northern california once, but leave b4 it makes u soft. travel.
accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise. politicians will philander. u, 2, will get old. 6 when u do, u'lll fantasize that when u were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respsted their elders.
don't mess 2 much with you hair, or by the time u'r 40 it will look 85.
b careful whose advice u buy, but b patient with those who supply it. advice is a form of nostalgia. dispensing it is a way of fifhing the past from the disposal, wipind it off, painting over the ugly parts & recycling it 4 more than it's worth.
but trust me on the sunscreen
[baz luhrmann]


ps: n podia deixar de relembrar o facto de hj ter sido o dia mais curto do ano. a partir de agora é smp a crescer...