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 14 Jun 2010 @ 01:08
Everybody's Free
(to wear sunscreen)
Mary Schmich
Chicago Tribune
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97... 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. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have 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 bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm 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 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 in your own 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 are 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 for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew 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.
Caveat
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Zinc oxide provides protection from UVA/UVB rays, while extra virgin olive oil, jojoba oil, cocoa butter and shea butter keep the skin moisturized. Badger sunscreens are water resistant up to 40 minutes, and use natural ingredients without fragrances, preservatives or dyes. More >
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 9 Jun 2010 @ 18:31
I've explained how spirit manifests and so you're probably wondering why your life doesn't look the way you want it to. Simple - you've been creating in unconsciously and still are. There is so much misinformation in your subconscious programs imbedded since your conception and deepening with each year of your life.
Everything you were told was anything, everything presented to you for consideration has all been part of someone else's fantasy. Oh well, they didn't know either and operated their whole life the same way you have been - in the dark, mistaking shadows for the truth. More >
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 9 Jun 2010 @ 09:10
CALL IT CANADA
There's a land, lying North, to the West, of the Sea.
Made of ice, made of stone, flowered meadows, timbered trees.
Its briny coast lines, Niagara Falls, It's blue skied prairies and Rockies tall.
Its web of rivers, and great divide, gallons of sunshine and Northern Lights.
Chorus:
Its a land of peoples, its a land of Awe,
And they call it, Canada.
Its milk and honey, its fruit and wine, Its maple leafs, that brightly shine,
Its rights and freedoms, its rule of law, a democracy, for one and all,
Chorus
So teach the children, yes teach them well, and all the stories, do them tell.
of noble histories and just today's, that Faith may guide them, on their way.
Chorus
Words and music
by Alfred G. Jonas
(c) 2010 June Canada More >
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 8 Jun 2010 @ 10:16
2010/06/08/am/Tues/CA/MDT/3:47
da truth...
Da New Gulf Driving Laws
Well it seems that the majority of people would rather drive their cars around and live and starve in a dirty environment than walk bike and or take the bus and live and eat in a clean and natural one and BP may then just have done this on purpose to prove a point or call North Americas bluff which basically means we are a bunch of dumb ass 'sick puppies" and hypocrites extreme when it comes to putting our feet and money where are mouth and heart is unless of course the Governments were to make a new law or laws that said that everyone had to drive their cars 1/2 as much but people wouldn't like that either so ..... you tell me?
I think though I'd be prepared to drive half as much although I don't drive much to begin with but how could you administrate something like that? I suppose calculate the average number of hours and miles people drive per day and cut it in half and say, people can only drive so and so miles and hours per day or week or month etc. and cap the amount of cars in the world at 800 million and limit driving of new drivers and most others to a must have needs be basis. Driving thus should not be a privilege or a right but an extreme rarity most often if it is going to cost us the environment and not just our shorts.
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ed jonas More >
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10 Jun 2010 @ 21:17