Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen)

Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen)
Mary SchmichChicago 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.



...lo oi por ahi...y vale la pena completamente leerlo.... simple y llano

Vieron q semejante Meniiooooonnn!!!!!

Vieron q semejante Meniiooooonnn!!!!!

...yo estaba en el tercer piso del Edificio de Ciencias Económicas de la UCR... Se sintio bieeeen feeoo.... pero todo bien por dicha y gracias a Dios!

A uds como les fue?!

Adios 2008...

Adios 2008! ... Te me vas...por dicha y gracias a Dios! ... pocos años tan duros he vivido...y creo q este pequeño rinconcito ha sido mi fiel testigo...fue año de lucha, un año en que fui puesta a prueba a muchísimas áreas, fue un año en q me tocó destruir y reconstruir, modificar. implementar...

2008

año en que me desnude frente a un espejo y vi una a una mis heridas, las descubrí, las expuse, les heché sal y limón...perdida, inundada, autodestructiva, crítica, débil, confusa, inaudita, marchita, pequeña, ciega y sorda, mórbida, estigmatizada, encasillada, atrapada, sola, dolida, molida, horrorizada, incomprendida, desilusionada, desmotivada, quebrada, embelezada, inutil, desesperada, amé y caí... y sin embargo ABRI LOS OJOS... creci, aprendi, conoci, me levanté, caminé, busqué, mejoré, y hasta cierto punto.. de alguna forma... me encontré, a mí, a mis pasiones, a mis sensaciones, a mis emociones... ESA CARA OCULTA DE MI.

Adios 2008, y gracias por todo!

(Se me habia quedado por fuera este gran y rotundo ADIOS!)

Hija del cambio

Soy una hija del cambio.. uno de aquellos afortunados que con el cambio del año celebran su nacimiento...

un primero de enero, años atras, vi la luz del día por primera vez... por algun tiempo esto me parecio sumamente negativo... y como no? ...te dan un solo regalo para navidad y cumpleaños, todos se estan recuperando de la goma y la desvelada del 31, todo esta cerrado, mucha gente se va para la playa.. y otro sin numero de razones que pueden solo los que cumplimos en estas fechas podemos imaginar.

sin embargo con el paso de los años he descubierto la maravilla de nacer en dicha fecha...

SOY UNA HIJA DEL CAMBIO

es mi día el día del nuevo comienzo, de las fuerzas reverdecidas, de la esperanza por el año que comienza, de la expectativa, de la ilusión, de los nuevos propósitos... es mi día ese día donde se mira hacia adelante y se toma impulso seguir... el año que termina deja muchas enseñanzas, muchas lagrimas y sonrisas, abrazos y besos, así como duras decisiones y esfuerzo...pero es eso.. un año que termina, al cual se le mira con nostalgía y hasta recelo incluso.. pero que no vuelve más, que se queda en el pasado para recordarnos de donde venimos.. más es el año nuevo quien nos promete la construcción del camino de hacia donde nos dirigimos, es una fecha que nos recibe con votos renovados, con un poco más de confianza y de fe... con una nueva pasión

Creo q no pude haber nacido en un mejor fecha... en una que nos pinta un presente y un futuro de mil y un colores!

Bienvenido 2009 y mis 22 primaveras...q no pase en vano, sino que sea la pasión quien escriba esta tragicomedia... un placer compartir este baile con vos! eaaaaaaaa!!! y q siga el espectáculo!!

P.D.: Cuuumpleañooooos feeelizzzzz.. me deseeeeeoooo a miiiiiii, feeelizzz cuampleeeaaaañoooosss aaadrriiiii... cuummmpleaaaañññooos feeeeliiiiiizzzzz!!! ***pido el deseo y....***