This is one for the future generation

You can ignore this if you want

Who am I to tell you what to do and not to do

But don't do what I did

Do what I didn't do

Make the choices I didn't make

Support your community

Start with your neighbour and walk outward

Introduce yourself by name

Why not go for that coffee

You always end the conversation on

Spend time with your friends and family

Call them, text them, write them a letter if you're feeling nostalgic

It might be hard, but tell them you love them

They won't be around forever

Respect the ground you walk on

Your kids are gonna walk on it someday too

And their kids after that

And you don't want your grandchildren

Only seeing elephants in picture books

Get up everyday

Make the bed all nice

Fling open the curtains

Feel the sun on your face

Love your body

Look in the mirror and think, wow, I'm amazing

Don't dwell on Instagram

There are far better things to do than that

But if I have to tell you one thing to change

Smile more, just smile more

Put down your phone

See the world through your own eyes

Create memories

Not in jpegs

Be creative

Draw

Learn a language

Dance

Even if it feels really awkward

Why worry about something now

That you won't worry about a year from now

Remember, no matter how difficult things get

The sun will always rise again tomorrow

Pay someone a compliment

The checkout sister, the postman

You'll probably make their day

I know it would make mine

Challenge yourself

Challenge others

Ask more questions

Bring something out in someone

That even they didn't know was in there

Look, no one knows where they're going

You don't have to follow a path or

You don't have to follow anything

Just do what feels right

But if I had to tell you just one thing to change

Just smile, more