Thursday, April 06, 2006

Wear suscreeen

"Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
never mind.
You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. 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.
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 4 p.m. 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.
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 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.
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.
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. Whatever 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 of 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 your 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're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a 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 who knew you when you were young.
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.
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."

4 Comments:

Blogger Artemis * said...

Confesso que tive de cortar grande parte do texto, mas quem tiver paciencia para ler todo vai ver que e perfeito...

4:50 PM  
Blogger Vantunes said...

Sim, descreve o caminho para a perfeicao... mas nao diz aonde comeca.

Gostei muito desta passagem:
" Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself"...

E verdade, e o grande desafio e ganharmos a nos proprios sem sentirmos que perdemos.

Que musica e? Nao conheco...

11:44 PM  
Blogger K®is†Ø ™ said...

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Como não?!

If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Lá está...

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.

Eu acho que isto foi uma dica!!



Desculpa não estar profundo mas hoje estou feliz demais para profundezas...além de que tb já são qs 5! lol

(vou tentar pela milésima vez actualizar o blog, espero pelas 5h para o flog e vou pá deita)



beijo
Fica Bien, haZZZta, Krist0

3:49 AM  
Blogger Artemis * said...

"If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it."

"Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room."

4:18 PM  

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