Advice To My Younger Self
Listen to this advice, this is good advice
If you can’t be honest, be nice
Don’t spend unnecessary money
Don’t call girls chicks or honey
Be not afraid to speak the truth
And don’t ever ask “what’s the use?”
Be the best person you can be
Frequently succumb to sentimentality
Whatever you do don’t carry a knife
Resist the urge to find a wife
Believe in your job or don’t be there
Listen, plead, explain you care
Whistleblow if you think it right
But be prepared to take on a fight
Know your limits and limitations
Your best, your worst, your imitations
Choose your football team wisely
Or disappointment you’ll see
Don’t go get yourself a new car
Older ones are cheaper by far
Eat well, drink well, enjoy today
Or before you know it they’ll be away
Be proud of your town and country
Be as diplomatic as you can be
Don’t worship a false prophet
Get on the bus then get off it
Make your study the biggest room
Unless paid don’t pick up a broom
Contest misjustice and deny
Anyone’s mission to make you cry
Choose a pen and book to write in
Time for yourself is not a sin
Hold your shoulders up and true
Buy two suits, black and blue
Tell yourself often you have worth
Deny children, conception and birth
Remember fondly lost loves
Buy a decent coat, hat and gloves
Try experimenting in the kitchen
Get a stock pot, see what fits in
Know much, learn much and read
Don’t give yourself away to greed
Learn an instrument, organ, guitar
You never know you might go far
Remember who you are always
Look, don’t stare, look and gaze
Enjoy to excess once in a while
Always live and love and smile
Make opportunities for your health
This is my advice to my younger self.
Copyright © Neil Johns | Year Posted 2022
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