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 This is one for the future generation 
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You can ignore this if you want 
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Who am I to tell you what to do 
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Or not to do 

But don't do what I did 
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     Do what I didn't do 
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Make the choices I didn’t make 
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Support your community 
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   Start with your neighbor and walk outward 
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 Introduce yourself by name 
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Why not go for that coffee 
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You always end the conversation on? 
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Spend time with your friends and family 
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 Call them, text them 
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Write them a letter if you’re feeling nostalgic 
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 It might be hard, but tell them you love them 
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They won’t be around forever 
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Respect the ground you walk on 
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Your kids are gonna walk on it someday too 
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And their kids after that 
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 And you don’t want your grandchildren 
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Only seeing elephants in picture books 
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Get up every day 
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Make the bed all nice 
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 And fling open the curtains 
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Feel the sun on your face 

Love your body 
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Look into the mirror and think 
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“Wow, I’m amazing” 
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 Don’t dwell on Instagram 
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 There far better things to do than that 
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      But if I have to tell you one thing to change 
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  Smile more 
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Just smile more 


Interlude 
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 Put down your phone 
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 See the world through your own eyes 
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 Create memories, not in JPEGS 
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Be creative 
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Draw, learn a language 
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Dance even if it feels really awkward 
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Why worry about something now 
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 That you won’t worry about a year from now? 
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Remember, no matter how difficult things get 
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The sun will always rise again tomorrow 
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 Pay someone a compliment 
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The checkout assistant, the postman 

You'll probably make their day 
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 I know it would make mine 
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Challenge yourself 
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Challenge others 

Ask more questions 
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 Bring something out of someone 

That even they didn’t even know was in there 
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        Look, no one knows where they're going 
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 You don’t have to follow a path or 
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You don’t have to follow anything 
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Just do what feels right 
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 But if I had to tell you just one thing to change 
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         Just smile more