Desde hace 10 años he puesto en mi programa de radio en diferentes estaciones una canción. Ojo, esto significa que no es ninguna novedad y que probablemente muchos de ustedes la conozcan. Sin embargo, nunca falla, SIEMPRE que la pongo me llegan mensajes preguntándome quién la canta, quién habla, quién los detuvo por unos minutos a subirle el volumen y escuchar detenidamente todo lo que este hombre tiene que decir. La voz que escuchamos es la de Baz Luhrman, el crédito del texto es de Mary Schmich originalmente titulado "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young" publicado en el Chicago Tribune.
Creo que le debo a quienes siempre me piden referencias con respecto a esta canción (discurso musicalizado más bien) el texto completo, también anexo el video que pueden encontrar en YouTube.
Siempre he creído que lo que aquí se dice no tiene como objetivo dar consejos para llegar a ser feliz, ese gran término que pareciera a veces demasiado ambiguo, o inalcanzable, el mensaje gira en torno más bien al vivir mejor, estar más contentos, tener ese bienestar probablemente momentáneo que para muchos de nosotros es más realista, importante y más fácil de conseguir.
Si podemos seguir no todos, un par, tres o cuatro de estos consejos, ya estamos del otro lado.
Si me permiten el comercial, mis programas de radio cambiaron de horario, Música en Imagen es de 11:00pm a 1:00am de martes a viernes (lunes de 11:30 a 1:00) y el de los sábados ¿Qué hacer? (libros exposiciones, discos etc) cambió y ahora pasa de 4:00 a 5:00pm en Imagen 90.5 (distintas frecuencias en el resto del país).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI
Everybody's Free
(to wear sunscreen)
Baz Luhrman
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.
P.D. También existe una parodia en la que quien habla es Chris Rock. Click Aquí
