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Este texto que em seguida partilho é a letra de uma música... já a tinha partilhado no tópico "Letras de Músicas", mas por a achar tão importante, tão carregada de significado, achei que merecia lugar de destaque para que todos possam ver, entender... interiorizar...

 

Então, aqui vai:

 

"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 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.

 

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. "

 

Se quiserem saber mais sobre o movimento Sunscrean e o seu autor, dêem uma vista de olhos em http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style...nscreen0318.htm

 

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Possivelmente até foi na nossa viagem para ou da passagem d'ano! ;)

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