Wear sunscreen.
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, never mind. 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 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 pm 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 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. 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. 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'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 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. Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune

Makes more sense each time I read it.

There are brilliant columnists, and then there are even more brilliant ones, but as far as newspaper/magazine articles are concerned, there's no such thing as 'the greatest write-up ever'. However, i admit that this surely is up there with the best of them.

Wow!

Yeah! There's the music version sang by Baz Luhrmann- Everybody's free to wear sunscreen. You can download it if u wanna listen to it.
Immediately I started reading this post, I remembered d song.
Filled with Nostalgia right about now.