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. 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. .Mary Schmich
About This Quote
The meaning of this quote is that people should not be worried about the future because it is pointless to do so. The reason why people should not be worried about the future is because their worries will always come back to haunt them at some point in the future. For instance, if a person constantly worries about what will happen to him a year from now, a year from now he will be more worried than he was a month ago. If a person constantly worries about tomorrow, then tomorrow will always come around and worry him. In the end he will have wasted his worry for nothing.
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