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 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 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.

-Mary Schmich

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taemin’s like a goldfish realizing the world doesn’t end at the edge of the bowl

one day a very loud yelp comes from the somewhere of the fishbowl. nobody really paid much mind to it, thinking it was just jonghyun rediscovering the bubble machine. 

jinki was currently swimming around near the top of their home, patiently waiting for food. he considered going belly up, but decided against it after the last fish that had tried it never came back. 

minho, the lionhead fish, was busy guarding the castle, determined to make sure that the castle remains his. he had already scared at jinki when the other tried to swim through, and ended up getting the poor pearlscaled fishstuck in a window. upon hearing yelp, he slowly swam out, ready to attack whatever dared to trespass on his territory. 

kibum, the resident white veiltail, was talking to key about how beautiful his tail looked that day. he was always so surprised at how similar key looked and could never figure out just why key always appeared at the edges of the tank.

“yah kibum, why is someone screaming?” asked jonghyun, swimming over to his friend. jonghyun was a panda moor fish and more often than not, was fascinated by the bubble machine. 

“jjong not now i’m trying to get key to move but he keeps on wanting to look at me! yah, i know i’m hot but give me a break!” muttered the white fish irritably. 

jinki finally swam over to the trio. they could tell that by the way he flittered his fins, he seemed concerned. “i think taemin was screaming, i haven’t seen our maknae in a while, at least since the last feeding time!” 

jonghyun nodded happily, waving his tail in kibum’s face. “i agree! wait what were we talking about again? minho’s castle?”

“my castle!” yelled minho, as he once again made his rounds around the castle perimeters. 

“i don’t think we were talking about minho’s stupid castle…maybe we were talking about my scales? they do look nice today, don’t they?” said kibum. he wiggled around with pride.

“hyung! hyung!” shrieked taemin, racing out from behind the seaweed forest. the little orandas fish seemed excited. i found something! something cool!”

his announcement got everyone’s attention. even minho left his post out of curiousity.

“what did you find? did you see the human again?” asked jinki. “is she going to feed us soon?”

“no! even better! i was bored so i went into the seaweed forest but then i got lost, but then i found an exit and i found something really really cool!” babbled taemin. he swam around nervously. 

“what is it?” asked jonghyun. he was already forgetting why they were surrounding taemin. 

“guys, i found…” said taemin, pausing for effect. “i found the other side of our home! the other side even has rocks and a castle! just like this side!” 

a moment passed before minho turned to look directly at taemin. he shook his fins soothingly. minho always was the most patient with their youngest. “taemin, what you found is the backyard of my castle. which is mine. minho’s.” he suddenly jolted,  remembering that his castle has been unguarded. he swam back as fast as he could. 

jonghyun bubbled confusedly. he had already forgotten what a castle was. 

jinki sighed and again went back to waiting for food.

he considered going belly up, but decided against it after the last fish that had tried it never came back

I AM FUCKING SCREAMING - CRAFTY JINKI GOLDFISH - AND OH MY GODOF COURSE KEY IS IN LOVE WITH HIMSELF SOMEONE. FUCKING. HOLD. ME.

AND JONGHYUN’S FACE ;A; AND HOW THEY FUCKING FORGET EVERYTHING THEY’RE DISCUSSING STRAIGHT AWAY AND HOW TAEMIN STILL CALLS THEM HYUNGS AND HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO BET TAEMIN MAKES THIS HUGE DISCOVERY EVERY SINGLE DAY

UGHSDJHGJSFUCKINGKEYSMASHINGTOTHEMOON

(Source: petitchu)

Words to keep inside your pocket:

• Quiescent - a quiet, soft-spoken soul.
• Chimerical - merely imaginary; fanciful. 
• Susurrus - a whispering or rustling sound. 
• Raconteur - one who excels in story-telling. 
• Clinquant - glittering; tinsel-like. 
• Aubade - a song greeting the dawn. 
• Ephemeral - lasting a very short time. 
• Sempiternal - everlasting; eternal. 
• Euphonious - pleasing; sweet in sound. 
• Billet-doux - a love letter. 
• Redamancy - act of loving in return.

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this makes me sad. will i make my parents that proud?

And I’m doing what with my life?

It actually made me tear up. 

No matter how much I complain about my mom after she yells at me, I’ll always love her like crazy.

Awhhh ): Made me tear up.

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TRICK!

OMFG

HOLY SHIT.

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shit bro

AWESOME!

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lulz missing e already haz it

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