Loved the message. Have shared with many. Please tell me the name of the book by 'Motes' that that you use. Thanks. Sandra -----Original Message----- From: Jack W. Ralph <nvjack@intercomm.com> To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, June 25, 1999 11:29 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT-L] Wear sunscreen. >Dear Cousins, > >Please forgive this non-genealogy message, but it was too good not to >share. > >Nevada Jack >__________ > >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. > > > > > >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >Concerned about computer viruses, cookies, copyright, spam? >See Internet Stuff You Need To Know at >http://www.cyndislist.com/internet.htm >