All the folks expressing that they were "too late" to appreciate the advice given in this song. Most of these folks comment they are in their 30's, I'm here to tell you you are NOT OLD. one day you will be. You aren't yet, you are just grown. Its ok, there is still time to take control of your life. There is always time while we are here on this earth to appreciate the blessing it is to experience life. None of us make it out in the end, but what you decide to do with that time in between is up to you. Keep your chin up, we got this
I'm 33. Feels like the start of something big :) If I choose for it to be so. First 33 years I learned who I am, now to take a little control over who I want to be.
My son just passed. And I thought of this. I heard years ago. I am 66 and it gives me thought and peace A life to short. His mother made him wear sunscreen.
From one hurting mother to another hurting mother that lost my son too 💔 I send you a great big hug ! God give you peace and strength that surpasses all understanding! ❤🙏
I'm 43 I was 23 when this came out. 20 yrs where'd time to, and this song is so profound. Enjoy your 20s because in the blink of an eye they become a distant memory.
We were played this song 7 years ago when we left college by our form tutor who happened to be an English Teacher. I'd like to believe it touched each of us, and like you, I play it a few times a year just to give life a bit of context again.
I loved this when I was a teenager. I am amazed that I absorbed a lot of this. I sing, I dance, I wear sunscreen, I take care of my knees, I don’t dye my hair. I’ve lived in both New York and California (both for short periods of time) and I feel like I’m a mix of hard & soft: I still have no idea what to do with my life. I’m still unmarried. I love my body. I’m not even that old but, damn, life has been intense! The older I get, the more impressed I am by people who make it to 40, 50, or 75 with their lives & sanity intact. Keep going everyone!
I'm 15, just started high school and on this fine Saturday morning my mom told me to look this up telling me "Keep it in mind, it would help you in the future" and well she was right. I'm the type of person who worrys for the future and wants to always be prepared in any type of way. But as I was listening to this I was thinking, maybe sometimes it's good to take a break and just be in the moment, I'm so glad my mom showed me this. I hope everyone's day goes amazing!!
Your mom is a great mom for having you listen to this ❤ I heard it when I was 10 in 1997 and I have made life decisions based on some of this advice. It's served me well.
This is going to be hard to write, even though its to complete strangers on the internet. I hears a few seconds of this on the radio at work, and remembered it from high school, I'm 32 years old now. On the drive home I decided to look it up and listen to the entire song again. I was not prepared for it whatsoever. It struck something in me that I wasn't aware existed, it devastated me. I cried like I never have in my entire life, with the exception of the birth of my daughter. I thought I knew what he meant about enjoying your youth. While at the time I may have understood it better than some kids my age, but I found out how little that actually was today. I sobbed like a baby for over 30 minutes as I attempted numerous times to listen to it again, never making it more than a few sentences in before breaking down. This has affected me like nothing I could ever have imagined. I know there are probably hundreds of channels this is on, but this happens to be the one I clicked on. So thank you very much for posting this. While it hurt very badly, it was the kind of hurt that was needed. I needed to feel that in order to wake me the fuck up out of the nightmare where I think that its too late to do the things I once dreamed of. I didn't even realize how unhappy with myself I was. Now that I do at least it gives me the opportunity to do something about it.
***** Dan, hello from a fellow 32 year old who also remembered this speech from his youth and randomly happened upon this iteration of it on youtube. I had a reaction almost identical to yours, and then happened upon your comment... gave me goosebumps. I hope you're doing well. :)
***** The race is long, and in the end, its only with yourself. I get your reaction Dan, I'm 35 and I'm still travelling, moving from City to City, landing stable jobs and missing out on being with my family and friends in Chicago. My race has been a journey and adventure, but I feel I'm missing out on getting to know my family better. Yup, this is an eye opener and tears flowed as this video was ending. I think it is time to fill in the gaps. So, whatever it is you haven't accomplish do it and enjoy every second, minute, hour, day, week, month and year you do it. :)
I am 32 too, and I believe listening to this song on the radio when I was solving algebra equations. I had big dreams for myself, but I also had lots of insecurities and self-doubt. Achieved most of what I aimed for, had many failures too. Still have sown insecurities and self-doubt. This song is timeless, I love it. I dug for it a year ago, through I struggled with remembering the name, and I listen to it every now and then.
Even moreso when you’re older. In my mid 40s and so grateful for my bff of 35 years. We remind each other of things we forget and enjoy reliving our fun memories together. Nothing like those friends when we were young.
Same. 28 here, I think we're on that age gap where everyone went on and set up their own lives (myself included), so losing touch is only natural. But your head doesn't change all that much anymore, and losing touch means that now those connections that you had in your head lead to nowhere. I'm so very grateful for the friends I've kept.
+Pitsa Puma take this advice, It's the best. I am 39 and I had just graduated and now, I look back. "Dance, even if you have no where to do it". Trust, the sunscreen.
"Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours." I wish I'd remembered that one a couple years ago.
Heard this few years ago, listening to it again on my 27th birthday and marking 1:40 as one of the best lines I listened for this season of my life and be reminded everytime someone likes this comment.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they will be gone for good...... that line just gets me right in the heart. My mum who is 74 has been so ill this last 12 months and has to live in a nursing home now, my dad who is 79 can't cope on his own and is also not well. Trust me and listen to what he says about getting to know your parents. Life's hard watching them become so ill and I wish I had given them more of my attention when they were younger instead of just taking it for granted that they were there to visit once a week or so. I spend as much time as I can with them now and feel that I've reconnected but there's a lot of wasted years that we can't get back. Phone ur parents now and tell them that u love them. u never know how many times that you will get that opportunity!!
such nice words jonny you couldn't be more right I lost my granddad a few days ago and even though we spent time together recently I cant help but regret the times I have missed in the past :(,.... best wishes to you and you parents I wish them the best of health and yourself X
Trust me: that part of the song has far more resonance (and eye-watering capacity) when your parents have "gone".Sad to hear about your mother although if it helps she has lived over 6 years longer than my mother.
Jonny that's a good speech Johnny. Only had you done it any sooner would you have known the good spirit in you, you see how hard it is to fathom this fact now? I mean I wish to all to ring them start a new lease of relations with them , they will find it that they were never the problem to their children , just letting them know that would mean more than the world! Trust me it's never too late ,make contact people
My Mum died on Christmas Day, still coming to terms with her not being around any more. I loved my mum, she made it to my wedding in October of last year. she said she could die happy after that and she slipped away at 12.02am on Christmas morning. God bless you Mum and may you rest in peace. love you 😘 xx
When I heard this song in 1997 I was 19 years old. The world at my feet. However, I realized then already the impact of this song and that one day, when I'm much older, I would hear this song again and I would be faced with the truth in the lyrics. One day you're 19, you wake up again and you are 39. Do I make ANY sense at all...?
A V 30 now, feels like it’s only been 7 day since I was 16. High school and college still the most fun filled memories I own. Now I see kids reaching high school and college, and reality hits home that it’s an end of an era for me.
Rather than mourning why don't you embrace the new you? There's much more you can do now which you couldn't have even dreamt of while you were younger. There's more possibilities ahead than any of that you left behind or were forced to leave behind. Best wishes.
I'm the same. It's awful. Apart from the obvious things like looks and opportunities, all the people being nice to you for no reason, just because you're young. For a while, you're too young to enter the clubs - then before you know it, too old. And a point comes where you have to make an effort just to look 'okay'.
@@Jimmy911ism LOL, used to love going to clubs in my teens and 20s. Fortunately I have younger siblings and looked young for a while, so much so I was able to hang out with them and our friends and get into clubs into my mid 30s. But it was different. When I was in my teens/20s, I was definitely looking for a hookup (which was hit or miss) and dressed "young"--the music and experience was magical too and the cheap drinks and beers flowed all night. In my 30s, we attended the more "sophisticated" clubs which meant dressing up the nines and sipping on fancy cocktails or craft beers at an expensive Vegas venue, or enjoying a view on a high rise rooftop or enjoying a live indy band play in an intimate venue, a speakeasy, etc. Now at almost 40, going to a club sounds awful in so many ways (Covid restrictions aside, there's so much else to see and do--and I get tired sooner :). Plus we are all getting busier as people have started getting married and having kids, and buying houses and moving away. Glad I enjoyed it though. Good times. Agree on the trying to look ok part 👌 as we age. It's harder to do especially the keeping the weight off, lol. Also people are mean no matter the age. I used to think people were meaner as I got older, but hey I was bullied in school too, sooo... Some things change only by a few degrees. Now the bullies are the bosses or co-workers depending on where one works.
This was always the song that my mother and I just found ourselves listening to in the car. I still remember her voice singing to the lyrics and where we were. How grey the sky looked and how bright she glowed. She would always tell me to follow the advice even if it was hard.. She passed away not too long ago and I just stumbled upon this song again.
I listened to this song on repeat when my grandpa died and for years I couldn't stomach even listening to the first few bars. Watching again now and of course I'm crying. I knew then the song was talking about how short life was and to associate that with the end of my grandpa's life just gave it that additional profound meaning. RIP Ken Brunton.
Young people, I am 60yrs old so I know about life. When you listen to the lyrics to this song, I wan't you to realize that everything he says is a total fact. Learn while you are young so that when your old like me, you won't have any regrets. I know that young people think we don't know a damn thing, but seriously why do you think tribal people and Indians make the oldest person the leader or the chief. Enjoy every moment because in the blink of an eye, you to will be old. Life can be hard, but know the day you were born your fate for the rest of your life is already decided. Good Luck :)
It's all so true... I remember when I was twenty something, days would last forever, little things would bother me, argued, and frowned... then all of sudden at 40 something all those little things seem so meaningless, time flies, and all I want to do is live, love, and laugh... while still can... You know, this beautiful piece by the late great Baz Luhrmann may not have much meaning if you're young (and that's perfectly fine), but once you hit 40-50, lost some loved ones, life has given you melons, it sure rings true full of emotions, and even might shed some tears. But it's all good, that's life... "Maybe you marry maybe you wont, maybe you'll have schhildren maybe you wont, maybe you'll divorce at fourty maybe you won't..."
I was a graduate of the class of '97. Sixteen years later this "advise" is truer than I ever imagined. Mary Schmich is a hero of mine, so thank you to her and the tribune for printing this advise column!
Approaching my 60th birthday and feeling blessed to live the life I have lived. I listen to this song daily as a reminder of what is important in life and to keep perspective.
Just randomly heard this on Spotify for the first time and smiled the whole way through. Solid advice from start to finish! Imagine what things would be like if every song was so uplifting and sincere.
End of my sophomore year, my chemistry teacher played this cuz we had some seniors in our class who were graduating, and she played this. The other kids were giggling and I was just sitting there like "damn, this hits deep."
You know you will never fully understand this song until you're older, married or not, and an adult. No insult intended, but it's something that you can never what he's saying, or understand, until you go through it.
I was 34 when I looked at your comment and going on to 35. Probably sit down and listen to this every year and understand the lessons more and more as time goes by.
i listen to this song at least once a week, ive lost a lot over the last 5 yrs, lost my little brother to suicide and a marriage/relationship of 13 yrs with the ability to be around my 3 kids 24/7, i know my problems are nothing compared to others.
Leave a comment because when a person like my comment I got a chance to listen this masterpiece 👌👌 I am not good in English language but this song touch my heart
I took the sunscreen advice to heart. Using 100 SPF sunblock with near perfect consistency since my early 20’s. I’m 38 and my skin looks 10 years younger.
it's comforting to see people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s all coming to this comment section to tell their stories. i'm turning 19 in october and have been worrying about my future for the last 3 years. i've always felt like my time is running out. i've never had a real job, never had a serious relationship, never graduated high school. i have no idea what i want to do with my life and i certainly do not wear enough sunscreen maybe i'll come back to this video in a few years and laugh at how silly my worries are. at least i hope i will
I First heard this after my life seemed to be in the darkest place imaginable! This very short tribute to everyone's life helped me to understand, that like it or not we are all in this together! I made copies for each of my children, at the time they thought I had truely lost it, today they share it . They get it. life is so short , don't be angry at your neighbor.
It came out the year I was born, I heard it on the radio at work today, on a quiet Sunday afternoon. It was something I really needed to hear, it made me smile, it's crazy how 20 years on this is still so relevant
Found this gem just a few days ago. I was born in 87. Im 36 now. And by god...these are some solid advice. Have no parents left, have no friends. But I have my beautiful wife and an adorable 2 year old. Listen to song from time to time...its a reality check.
Listening to this in my youth, then coming back 15 years later to listen again and realizing oh damn this was good advice, did i listen ? no. do i wish i did ? yes.
Same here!! I created a note on my phone with this one as song for my funeral and I hope this will inipre the people the same way it did for me and I'm glad to see not just me ♡♡♡
This song takes me bk to when my sons were in middle schools and I was having such a hard time with teachers trying to medicate my son. This is the truth of life! We never get what we thought we’d worked hard to get. We get lessons to open doors to learn what it is each has to grow into or OUT of. Be kind to yourself, make time to be alone with you bc most times people cannot soothe you’re soul when you’re hurting. Be patient with yourself when you make mistakes. Own them and learn from each and every one. They’re yours for a specific reason. Learn grow move on don’t stagnate when someone takes your heart with them. Some only come into your life for a little way. Very few stay forever. Think of how many opportunities you’ll have to learn form someone. Don’t give your heart and body to just anyone.
I'm 24 and still don't know what's the purpose of my life. One of my friend recommended me this song and I can relate to every bit of it. The comments section is a great mood lifter apart from the song. As 2020 is about to end and we'll be in 2021 in 2 days, I wish we all enter 2021 with new zeal and enthusiasm and don't take life for granted because you never know when it's gone. Respect your family because they're the ones who'll stick with you in your hard times. Do not waste your youth because it will not come back. LIVE, because you get only one Life - make it a good story. :')
Listening to this song 20+ years later, you realize how true these words are and what great advice this is. I made my 18 yr old listen to this and told her it was probably some of the best advice she'll ever get.
graduated high school today...let's just say i have a cool dad that thankfully showed me this song ever since I was little and reminded me to listen to this on the day of
The first time I heard this I was 21. I’m now 31. And oh my. The lyrics strike me more and more every year. This has more truth than you’ll ever know. In all ways.
My physics teacher played this video for us in our final lesson, you don't know how much you enjoy something until it's gone. Take a moment just to enjoy the people you got a finite amount of time with
I've been listening to this for years. I even send it to my best friends when we all are having problems in life and can't chat for some reason. It means that we're all thinking of each other. And don't forget the sunscreen❤
This! 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!
For the first time I listened this song about ten years ago and I love it. Recently, in 2020, I found this song again and wow. This advice is getting true; and much more deeper..
I just heard this for the first time at burning man 2019 I'm 35 and it made me fall in love with no only myself but with life again..... this is something i feel like everyone should hear.
Weird. I was 35 2 years ago (when u posted). Never been to Burning man, but I first heard this song back in 1999 when I was in high school and every few years I listen to it again. Good advice to remind oneself to.
I was 12 in 1997 I’m listening to it now I’m 34. Damn when he says in 20 years you will look back and realise the power and beauty of your youth and how much possibility really lay before you. So true looking back 20 years!!!!
I'm 48, I can tell all of you half my age and beyond this - LISTEN TO THIS MAN. He is right, go out there, be fearless and get what you want. Fight the good fight and keep fighting for it, you will get there.
22 years old and every word of this is still 100% relevant. I was 8 when this came out and I of course didn't understand it. Now that I'm about to be 30 it hits so much differently even though I've made it a point to listen to it at least once a year for several years. Everyone needs to listen to this at least once. I'm finally to a point where it doesn't make me cry.
I listened it the other day and Im not ashamed to admit I sobbed for the first time in ages, it felt cathartic . I'm 32 , approaching 33 in March . This song and whats my age again give me so much nostalgia I can't explain. Wow I just realized your comments 2 years ago, your probably the same age as me then, we still have our youth Megan :)
This was released on the radio with class of 97 changed to class of 99 when I was graduating high school. So much great advice. Now I am grown and wish I would have taken at least half of it.
My dad used to play this for me. (He’s still around don’t worry.) Now I’m turning 24, stuck in my home because of quarantine, and about to cry my heart out. I know so much of this but I did need to hear it again.
I used to listen to this pretty regularly until I just forgot about it one day. One piece of advice has always stuck with me though, and that’s the line about getting to know your parents. Ever since I heard this for the first time, I have been sure to be in touch with my mom and my grandmother, and not just in a placating way. In a way where I genuinely ask them how they’re doing, what they’re enjoying these days, what their favorite movie is, how they felt when they were my age, things like that. I am really grateful for this advice- it’s helped me get to know more about two people in my life who are beyond excellent human beings. I never know when they’ll be gone, but I’ll take every chance I can to know them before they are. Oh, and I just finally bought some sunscreen. :)
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All the folks expressing that they were "too late" to appreciate the advice given in this song. Most of these folks comment they are in their 30's, I'm here to tell you you are NOT OLD. one day you will be. You aren't yet, you are just grown. Its ok, there is still time to take control of your life. There is always time while we are here on this earth to appreciate the blessing it is to experience life. None of us make it out in the end, but what you decide to do with that time in between is up to you. Keep your chin up, we got this
Your comment helped me get everything into perspective, maybe my journey is only now beginning...
God bless. Thank you
Great comment.. I'm 34 and I believe in what you have said
What a beautiful comment x
I'm 33. Feels like the start of something big :) If I choose for it to be so. First 33 years I learned who I am, now to take a little control over who I want to be.
My son just passed. And I thought of this. I heard years ago. I am 66 and it gives me thought and peace
A life to short. His mother made him wear sunscreen.
I hope your heart has healed
From one hurting mother to another hurting mother that lost my son too 💔 I send you a great big hug ! God give you peace and strength that surpasses all understanding! ❤🙏
❤❤❤
Nearly 20 years on and the lyrics; the speech is as relevant now as it was in 1997!
Its timeless.
Kevin De Bondt Yes that's true. No matter what year this song is played it will always be relevant.
Indeed!
To say the truth I love this track, I will keep on listening the rest of my life
Damn.......over 20 jears. ......i cant belive how much of this was spot on...
I'm 43 I was 23 when this came out. 20 yrs where'd time to, and this song is so profound. Enjoy your 20s because in the blink of an eye they become a distant memory.
So very, very true
I am 52 and I say this to all the young people that I meet
Touché my friend
Me too
I was only born in the mid 90's however this piece is timeless. This song should be sent on the next Voyager mission honest to God.
Be kind to your knees,you'll miss them when they're gone..amen!
proud2bpagan You’ll miss them when you’re kneecapped by a loanshark!
I certainly miss mine.
I thought it was “needs” not “knees”. 🤔
Yep, 44 now and waiting to turn 50 so I can get a double knee replacement. Arthritis is a bitch.
Absolute wisdom. Tears everytime. I am old enough to know that everything he says is true.
It's been another 7 years. How are your knees?
23 years still happy.if we failed in mentally nothing but just tears !
I always listen to this a few times a year. I am 42 and lived this song. Sooo true
it picks me up as well.
I'm 40. It still hits me right in the feels. 😢
We were played this song 7 years ago when we left college by our form tutor who happened to be an English Teacher. I'd like to believe it touched each of us, and like you, I play it a few times a year just to give life a bit of context again.
Li Gill 2018
3 times a day at least for me 👌
I loved this when I was a teenager. I am amazed that I absorbed a lot of this. I sing, I dance, I wear sunscreen, I take care of my knees, I don’t dye my hair. I’ve lived in both New York and California (both for short periods of time) and I feel like I’m a mix of hard & soft: I still have no idea what to do with my life. I’m still unmarried. I love my body. I’m not even that old but, damn, life has been intense! The older I get, the more impressed I am by people who make it to 40, 50, or 75 with their lives & sanity intact. Keep going everyone!
Nice writen ❤
This is an amazing song I’ve listened to this since I was a kid and it always helps me through tough times. I’m only 13 and I try to live by this song
thanks for telling us c:
Awesome 😁
You should dye your hair! It’s awesome! 🌈✨
I'm 15, just started high school and on this fine Saturday morning my mom told me to look this up telling me "Keep it in mind, it would help you in the future" and well she was right. I'm the type of person who worrys for the future and wants to always be prepared in any type of way. But as I was listening to this I was thinking, maybe sometimes it's good to take a break and just be in the moment, I'm so glad my mom showed me this. I hope everyone's day goes amazing!!
Your mom is a great mom for having you listen to this ❤ I heard it when I was 10 in 1997 and I have made life decisions based on some of this advice. It's served me well.
Having graduated in 1999 and having listened to this in high school...every word of this is true.
This is going to be hard to write, even though its to complete strangers on the internet. I hears a few seconds of this on the radio at work, and remembered it from high school, I'm 32 years old now. On the drive home I decided to look it up and listen to the entire song again. I was not prepared for it whatsoever. It struck something in me that I wasn't aware existed, it devastated me. I cried like I never have in my entire life, with the exception of the birth of my daughter.
I thought I knew what he meant about enjoying your youth. While at the time I may have understood it better than some kids my age, but I found out how little that actually was today. I sobbed like a baby for over 30 minutes as I attempted numerous times to listen to it again, never making it more than a few sentences in before breaking down.
This has affected me like nothing I could ever have imagined. I know there are probably hundreds of channels this is on, but this happens to be the one I clicked on. So thank you very much for posting this. While it hurt very badly, it was the kind of hurt that was needed. I needed to feel that in order to wake me the fuck up out of the nightmare where I think that its too late to do the things I once dreamed of. I didn't even realize how unhappy with myself I was. Now that I do at least it gives me the opportunity to do something about it.
In an old mans eyes you're still young my friend.
***** Makes me cry too. But tears of joy. The past has past. Keep going on.
***** Dan, hello from a fellow 32 year old who also remembered this speech from his youth and randomly happened upon this iteration of it on youtube. I had a reaction almost identical to yours, and then happened upon your comment... gave me goosebumps. I hope you're doing well. :)
***** The race is long, and in the end, its only with yourself. I get your reaction Dan, I'm 35 and I'm still travelling, moving from City to City, landing stable jobs and missing out on being with my family and friends in Chicago. My race has been a journey and adventure, but I feel I'm missing out on getting to know my family better. Yup, this is an eye opener and tears flowed as this video was ending. I think it is time to fill in the gaps. So, whatever it is you haven't accomplish do it and enjoy every second, minute, hour, day, week, month and year you do it. :)
I am 32 too, and I believe listening to this song on the radio when I was solving algebra equations. I had big dreams for myself, but I also had lots of insecurities and self-doubt. Achieved most of what I aimed for, had many failures too. Still have sown insecurities and self-doubt. This song is timeless, I love it. I dug for it a year ago, through I struggled with remembering the name,
and I listen to it every now and then.
"The older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young". I'm 33 years old,and this just hit me like a ton of bricks.
This is also in d book of Napoleon hill ive gained a lot like so much. Lol but now. Am turning 30 all i want it to be less xD
Even moreso when you’re older. In my mid 40s and so grateful for my bff of 35 years. We remind each other of things we forget and enjoy reliving our fun memories together. Nothing like those friends when we were young.
Same. 28 here, I think we're on that age gap where everyone went on and set up their own lives (myself included), so losing touch is only natural. But your head doesn't change all that much anymore, and losing touch means that now those connections that you had in your head lead to nowhere. I'm so very grateful for the friends I've kept.
I don’t need the people I knew when I was young. I gravitated toward some really toxic people in my youth.
Man...you're 33. You are still hella young. Think that when you're 74 and you need people you met when you were 33
The race is long, and in the end, its only with yourself.
Yep 👍
+Michael Beason And the sun. Wear it!
Michael Beason yes that's right 🤗👌
...travel.
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The days are long but the years are short.
I'm 19 and I'm worrying a lot about my future. This song somehow makes me a little bit more relaxed.
+Pitsa Puma Just know someone has a lot of faith in you!!!! You got this!!!!
You got this!
Worried about your future at 19?
+Pitsa Puma take this advice, It's the best. I am 39 and I had just graduated and now, I look back. "Dance, even if you have no where to do it". Trust, the sunscreen.
Hate to see you when you reach the milestones from this video.
"Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours."
I wish I'd remembered that one a couple years ago.
Heard this few years ago, listening to it again on my 27th birthday and marking 1:40 as one of the best lines I listened for this season of my life and be reminded everytime someone likes this comment.
Sending you a reminder ❤✌🏼🙏🏼
Listening this in 2024, sharing with my Daughter’s Graduation pool party with her friends. ❤ timeless.
I remember hearing this the year my daughter was born and I just had her listen to it now. She just graduated HS 3 days ago....how amazing.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they will be gone for good......
that line just gets me right in the heart. My mum who is 74 has been so ill this last 12 months and has to live in a nursing home now, my dad who is 79 can't cope on his own and is also not well. Trust me and listen to what he says about getting to know your parents. Life's hard watching them become so ill and I wish I had given them more of my attention when they were younger instead of just taking it for granted that they were there to visit once a week or so. I spend as much time as I can with them now and feel that I've reconnected but there's a lot of wasted years that we can't get back. Phone ur parents now and tell them that u love them. u never know how many times that you will get that opportunity!!
such nice words jonny you couldn't be more right I lost my granddad a few days ago and even though we spent time together recently I cant help but regret the times I have missed in the past :(,.... best wishes to you and you parents I wish them the best of health and yourself X
+whole27 even if you do not get along.. cut them a break and get to know them even if inside you are raging at them
Trust me: that part of the song has far more resonance (and eye-watering capacity) when your parents have "gone".Sad to hear about your mother although if it helps she has lived over 6 years longer than my mother.
Jonny
that's a good speech Johnny. Only had you done it any sooner would you have known the good spirit in you, you see how hard it is to fathom this fact now? I mean I wish to all to ring them start a new lease of relations with them , they will find it that they were never the problem to their children , just letting them know that would mean more than the world! Trust me it's never too late ,make contact people
My Mum died on Christmas Day, still coming to terms with her not being around any more. I loved my mum, she made it to my wedding in October of last year. she said she could die happy after that and she slipped away at 12.02am on Christmas morning. God bless you Mum and may you rest in peace. love you 😘 xx
When I heard this song in 1997 I was 19 years old. The world at my feet.
However, I realized then already the impact of this song and that one
day, when I'm much older, I would hear this song again and I would be
faced with the truth in the lyrics. One day you're 19, you wake up again
and you are 39. Do I make ANY sense at all...?
Same here. I was 20 in 97'.
Yes this
I'm 19 now and hearing it for the first time.
Strapping in for a wild ride.
Snap 👍🏻
A V 30 now, feels like it’s only been 7 day since I was 16. High school and college still the most fun filled memories I own. Now I see kids reaching high school and college, and reality hits home that it’s an end of an era for me.
for young generation this video needs to watch every day in the morning!
I will
Im 21 and i do that. I dont wanna live a life of regret, i already have enough regrets.
I'm 15 and I do before bed every night
This is some of the BEST advice I have EVER heard.
Didn't expect to see you here Andrew! Good words :)
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Recently I've been mourning my youth. The meaning and impact of this song changes with each decade. It's truly genius.
no point about mourning about something that cannot be changed how hard you wish you could.. its in the past.
Rather than mourning why don't you embrace the new you? There's much more you can do now which you couldn't have even dreamt of while you were younger. There's more possibilities ahead than any of that you left behind or were forced to leave behind. Best wishes.
I'm the same. It's awful. Apart from the obvious things like looks and opportunities, all the people being nice to you for no reason, just because you're young.
For a while, you're too young to enter the clubs - then before you know it, too old. And a point comes where you have to make an effort just to look 'okay'.
@@Jimmy911ism LOL, used to love going to clubs in my teens and 20s. Fortunately I have younger siblings and looked young for a while, so much so I was able to hang out with them and our friends and get into clubs into my mid 30s.
But it was different. When I was in my teens/20s, I was definitely looking for a hookup (which was hit or miss) and dressed "young"--the music and experience was magical too and the cheap drinks and beers flowed all night.
In my 30s, we attended the more "sophisticated" clubs which meant dressing up the nines and sipping on fancy cocktails or craft beers at an expensive Vegas venue, or enjoying a view on a high rise rooftop or enjoying a live indy band play in an intimate venue, a speakeasy, etc.
Now at almost 40, going to a club sounds awful in so many ways (Covid restrictions aside, there's so much else to see and do--and I get tired sooner :). Plus we are all getting busier as people have started getting married and having kids, and buying houses and moving away.
Glad I enjoyed it though. Good times. Agree on the trying to look ok part 👌 as we age. It's harder to do especially the keeping the weight off, lol.
Also people are mean no matter the age. I used to think people were meaner as I got older, but hey I was bullied in school too, sooo... Some things change only by a few degrees. Now the bullies are the bosses or co-workers depending on where one works.
This was always the song that my mother and I just found ourselves listening to in the car. I still remember her voice singing to the lyrics and where we were. How grey the sky looked and how bright she glowed. She would always tell me to follow the advice even if it was hard..
She passed away not too long ago and I just stumbled upon this song again.
I listened to this song on repeat when my grandpa died and for years I couldn't stomach even listening to the first few bars. Watching again now and of course I'm crying. I knew then the song was talking about how short life was and to associate that with the end of my grandpa's life just gave it that additional profound meaning. RIP Ken Brunton.
Young people, I am 60yrs old so I know about life. When you listen to the lyrics to this song, I wan't you to realize that everything he says is a total fact. Learn while you are young so that when your old like me, you won't have any regrets. I know that young people think we don't know a damn thing, but seriously why do you think tribal people and Indians make the oldest person the leader or the chief. Enjoy every moment because in the blink of an eye, you to will be old. Life can be hard, but know the day you were born your fate for the rest of your life is already decided. Good Luck :)
Lisa Saxlover thank u mam.
Thank you, it was really motivational. Thanks a lot 😊
Thank you. reading it from 60 yrs, I saw myself at 60 yrs. I am 34 right now, and I see there is still lot of time for me.
I'm also 34, and there might be a lot less than you think.. *ominous music*
true :)
To think this was nearly twenty years ago... and it still applies exactly in our present-day society.
Angela_Marie true
except for the bit about politicians and prices / because the politicians we have nowadays totally suck and prices r soaring like never b4
The youth of today (well, not only the youth) will be too busy tapping on their smartphones to take on this advice...
Kyrkos Ekaterinaris I just tapped on my smart phone to say 👍🏻
It seems to me that humans change very slowly, which might explain why. I mean, evolution takes a damn long time...
2019....these lyrics should be embedded into each mind and soul, school and workplace, colour, creed and religion....live in peace ✌🏽
💯💯💯
I learned this in school. (PRIMARY SCHOOL)
Who is listening to this in 2097!!! Cheers to all! I must be long gone or maybe reborn to this one.
The most profound song out there, i love love this song and its message!
It's all so true... I remember when I was twenty something, days would last forever, little things would bother me, argued, and frowned... then all of sudden at 40 something all those little things seem so meaningless, time flies, and all I want to do is live, love, and laugh... while still can...
You know, this beautiful piece by the late great Baz Luhrmann may not have much meaning if you're young (and that's perfectly fine), but once you hit 40-50, lost some loved ones, life has given you melons, it sure rings true full of emotions, and even might shed some tears. But it's all good, that's life...
"Maybe you marry maybe you wont, maybe you'll have schhildren maybe you wont, maybe you'll divorce at fourty maybe you won't..."
Matt j this is the most profound view of the love and lost we will meet again x
Agree with all that - what a classic song. Baz Luhrmann isn't dead though?
"by the late great Baz Luhrmann"
Unless I've missed something, he's not dead.
I was a graduate of the class of '97. Sixteen years later this "advise" is truer than I ever imagined. Mary Schmich is a hero of mine, so thank you to her and the tribune for printing this advise column!
25 years old and this song/poem is still relevant. As a 21 year old, I know I’ll miss a lot of these points, but I’m doing my best. Thank you.
I loved this song when I was younger, and I still love it. The song hits harder as I age though.
It sure does, I'm 37 now and oof .. And To 25 ur old op, your best is all you can do ❤ plz plz enjoy the rest of your twenties!
WHO ELSE IS LISTENING TO THIS DURING QUARENTINE ?? 😞😭
Haha i just listened to it and forwarded tobaan my friends.the most true and real song ever
Yes! It was such a nice listen. I was a kid when it came out. ❤️
I listen to it every night at work
me
we’ll make it trough
Approaching my 60th birthday and feeling blessed to live the life I have lived. I listen to this song daily as a reminder of what is important in life and to keep perspective.
I watched this when I graduated high school in 2008. Now Im 34 and still find it very relevant.
My teacher played this on the last day of school, I cried my eyes out.
WHO'S LISTENING TO THIS STILL OCTOBER 2023?😊
I am in June 24’!
OMG HOLY SHIT IM LISTENING TO IT TOO AND IT’S THE PRESENT WHICH IS LATER IN TIME THAN WHEN YOU POSTED YOUR COMMENT WTFFFF
Just randomly heard this on Spotify for the first time and smiled the whole way through. Solid advice from start to finish! Imagine what things would be like if every song was so uplifting and sincere.
End of my sophomore year, my chemistry teacher played this cuz we had some seniors in our class who were graduating, and she played this. The other kids were giggling and I was just sitting there like "damn, this hits deep."
That's because you got it. They didn't....yet
You know you will never fully understand this song until you're older, married or not, and an adult. No insult intended, but it's something that you can never what he's saying, or understand, until you go through it.
I was a freshman or sophomore in Algebra class back in 1999. It hit me too then.
Listening at age 34 now and damn it's crazy. Same but different. Giving me the feels!!!
Ditto! 35 and greetin lol
I was 34 when I looked at your comment and going on to 35. Probably sit down and listen to this every year and understand the lessons more and more as time goes by.
33 😁😁
I turn 20 next year! Any advice/lessons you might wanna let me know? :))
How's life in your 30s like?
i listen to this song at least once a week, ive lost a lot over the last 5 yrs, lost my little brother to suicide and a marriage/relationship of 13 yrs with the ability to be around my 3 kids 24/7, i know my problems are nothing compared to others.
I listened to this as a teenager... A LOT. I can't believe how much of the advice I actually took! That is crazy...
Will forever be grateful that I discovered this at 15 and not 35
Leave a comment because when a person like my comment I got a chance to listen this masterpiece 👌👌 I am not good in English language but this song touch my heart
❤
4pm on Tuesday..... Sing. X
This plays over the radio at work and it never fails to make me tear up. Always at just the right times too
I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING
i'm screaming :'D
sth got caught in my eyes! xD
ITS THE GODDAMN ONIONS FOO! WHO LEFT DEM ONIONS HERE?!? not me dats not who. Its dem onions.
Jonathan Hackett I am...
ALL MOST, ALL MOST,😆😆🎅⛄❄
20 years later and wishing I had listened to more of this advice.
I took the sunscreen advice to heart. Using 100 SPF sunblock with near perfect consistency since my early 20’s. I’m 38 and my skin looks 10 years younger.
Still the best advice Ive ever heard. Listening in 2023
Yes 🙌🏻
it's comforting to see people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s all coming to this comment section to tell their stories. i'm turning 19 in october and have been worrying about my future for the last 3 years. i've always felt like my time is running out. i've never had a real job, never had a serious relationship, never graduated high school. i have no idea what i want to do with my life and i certainly do not wear enough sunscreen
maybe i'll come back to this video in a few years and laugh at how silly my worries are. at least i hope i will
do one thing everyday that scares you
and FLOSS! 😆😆
I First heard this after my life seemed to be in the darkest place imaginable! This very short tribute to everyone's life helped me to understand, that like it or not we are all in this together! I made copies for each of my children, at the time they thought I had truely lost it, today they share it . They get it. life is so short , don't be angry at your neighbor.
What kind of twisted people are out there that can even dislike this ?! Seriously !
I prefer serif fonts.
Maybe they hate the effect it has on their emotions
Obviously those who are allergic to sunscreen
Love Baz Luhrmann but hate the Quindon Tarver mix
It came out the year I was born, I heard it on the radio at work today, on a quiet Sunday afternoon. It was something I really needed to hear, it made me smile, it's crazy how 20 years on this is still so relevant
Found this gem just a few days ago. I was born in 87. Im 36 now. And by god...these are some solid advice. Have no parents left, have no friends. But I have my beautiful wife and an adorable 2 year old.
Listen to song from time to time...its a reality check.
Listening to this in my youth, then coming back 15 years later to listen again and realizing oh damn this was good advice, did i listen ? no. do i wish i did ? yes.
I think I'll call the lawyer today and have this added to my funeral plan.
Same here!! I created a note on my phone with this one as song for my funeral and I hope this will inipre the people the same way it did for me and I'm glad to see not just me ♡♡♡
My nans having this at her funeral
@@ArtSMRdianne not kidding. ive just done the exact same thing!
Yeah!
Even I should!!
@@dchangebegins I've not needed it yet!
This song takes me bk to when my sons were in middle schools and I was having such a hard time with teachers trying to medicate my son. This is the truth of life! We never get what we thought we’d worked hard to get. We get lessons to open doors to learn what it is each has to grow into or OUT of. Be kind to yourself, make time to be alone with you bc most times people cannot soothe you’re soul when you’re hurting. Be patient with yourself when you make mistakes. Own them and learn from each and every one. They’re yours for a specific reason. Learn grow move on don’t stagnate when someone takes your heart with them. Some only come into your life for a little way. Very few stay forever. Think of how many opportunities you’ll have to learn form someone. Don’t give your heart and body to just anyone.
I'm 24 and still don't know what's the purpose of my life. One of my friend recommended me this song and I can relate to every bit of it. The comments section is a great mood lifter apart from the song. As 2020 is about to end and we'll be in 2021 in 2 days, I wish we all enter 2021 with new zeal and enthusiasm and don't take life for granted because you never know when it's gone. Respect your family because they're the ones who'll stick with you in your hard times. Do not waste your youth because it will not come back. LIVE, because you get only one Life - make it a good story. :')
I showed this to my brother on his 18th birthday. And now I'm listening to it on my sweet 16. It makes me feel better about the future.
Listening to this song 20+ years later, you realize how true these words are and what great advice this is. I made my 18 yr old listen to this and told her it was probably some of the best advice she'll ever get.
Hard to believe as a class of 21, I'm listening to this now. Such an amazing song so relevant!
What an amazing message, listening to this 20 years later. I can confirm, IT'S ALL TRUE.
one of the greatest songs ever written in modern times i feel this every day
I'm 47 and this hits home big time kids, listen up.!
graduated high school today...let's just say i have a cool dad that thankfully showed me this song ever since I was little and reminded me to listen to this on the day of
i'm 25 and don't know shit about what i want ...this helped me to no be so depressed about it.
seems odd to me, but I think this song just saved my life.
Helped me to not worry as much
Quite possibly the greatest and most truthful song ever written! Best wishes everyone from Salem Oregon. February 19th 2016.
The first time I heard this I was 21. I’m now 31. And oh my. The lyrics strike me more and more every year. This has more truth than you’ll ever know. In all ways.
I'm here, almost 40 in 2023, this has sat in my brain since it came out ❤
My physics teacher played this video for us in our final lesson, you don't know how much you enjoy something until it's gone. Take a moment just to enjoy the people you got a finite amount of time with
I've been listening to this for years. I even send it to my best friends when we all are having problems in life and can't chat for some reason. It means that we're all thinking of each other. And don't forget the sunscreen❤
This! 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!
For the first time I listened this song about ten years ago and I love it. Recently, in 2020, I found this song again and wow. This advice is getting true; and much more deeper..
Bob Ong's book led me here. I'm 21 and having anxiety because I can't still picture my future.
I just heard this for the first time at burning man 2019 I'm 35 and it made me fall in love with no only myself but with life again..... this is something i feel like everyone should hear.
Weird. I was 35 2 years ago (when u posted). Never been to Burning man, but I first heard this song back in 1999 when I was in high school and every few years I listen to it again.
Good advice to remind oneself to.
Who will be listening to this in 2017?
Andrew Glover me
Every year
Just listened to it
you should
2018
I’m 19 right now and I have a felling 20yrs on this will fall back into my recommended on TH-cam and it will hit me like a TSUNAMI 🌊
I was 12 in 1997 I’m listening to it now I’m 34. Damn when he says in 20 years you will look back and realise the power and beauty of your youth and how much possibility really lay before you. So true looking back 20 years!!!!
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I was 13 🥺 I'll be 37 in a few months🥴
Still hits the same all these years later. It's an absolute go to when needed, tonight was one of those nights!
I always listen to this when I'm filled with doubts
It always brings a tear to my eye.
Oh wow. I haven't heard this in close to two decades. I understand the song so differently now.
Exactly what I was thinking! My, how time flies! *I was the graduating class of '97... ;)
This is such a great piece of advice for ANY GENERATION! Make it a KEEPER!
Not sure why I cry when I listen to this song! It has so much meaning for me! I was 20 when this song came out! I’m 42 now! Still hits me the same💯🙏🏼💕
I'm 48, I can tell all of you half my age and beyond this - LISTEN TO THIS MAN. He is right, go out there, be fearless and get what you want. Fight the good fight and keep fighting for it, you will get there.
I shed my tears after 14 years when the first time i've heard of this inspirational message. : (
Love the line "Know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum" so true..
i want this played at my funeral
I graduated high school in 1997, this is AWESOME!!!
That means you are old. Ewwww
Julianna Mykaela I do not have to explain anything to you. Why do you leave a space before your question marks???
Me too!
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Wow I just realised so did I. My son was born in 98 and that surpassed all other timeline landmarks for me. Oh cool he is speaking to us :)
22 years old and every word of this is still 100% relevant. I was 8 when this came out and I of course didn't understand it. Now that I'm about to be 30 it hits so much differently even though I've made it a point to listen to it at least once a year for several years. Everyone needs to listen to this at least once. I'm finally to a point where it doesn't make me cry.
I listened it the other day and Im not ashamed to admit I sobbed for the first time in ages, it felt cathartic . I'm 32 , approaching 33 in March . This song and whats my age again give me so much nostalgia I can't explain. Wow I just realized your comments 2 years ago, your probably the same age as me then, we still have our youth Megan :)
This was released on the radio with class of 97 changed to class of 99 when I was graduating high school. So much great advice. Now I am grown and wish I would have taken at least half of it.
I heard this speech 10 years ago and somehow it sprung into my mind. Took ages to find it again
My dad used to play this for me. (He’s still around don’t worry.) Now I’m turning 24, stuck in my home because of quarantine, and about to cry my heart out. I know so much of this but I did need to hear it again.
My teacher of Philosophy gave this speech in my graduation this year! In spanish of course, so good!
Class of 1997 here ;) sharing this with my son and daughter who will graduate class of 2021!!! Awesome advise
It's the end of 2022 and I'm obsessed with those lyrics !!!
Feel like I should be listening to this everyday in order to keep my feet grounded and living the fullest life ❤️
This Hit me like a wall . Such a Great ‘ Hearting ‘ Wise Song . It’s Timeless. ❤️💫
As a 13 year old girl, I needed this
I've been listening to the song for 30 years or so and I come back to it every so long..I love it
I used to listen to this pretty regularly until I just forgot about it one day. One piece of advice has always stuck with me though, and that’s the line about getting to know your parents. Ever since I heard this for the first time, I have been sure to be in touch with my mom and my grandmother, and not just in a placating way. In a way where I genuinely ask them how they’re doing, what they’re enjoying these days, what their favorite movie is, how they felt when they were my age, things like that. I am really grateful for this advice- it’s helped me get to know more about two people in my life who are beyond excellent human beings. I never know when they’ll be gone, but I’ll take every chance I can to know them before they are.
Oh, and I just finally bought some sunscreen. :)