[VotD]: Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
Video of the Day, May 2, 2008 - on the advicing for Life.
Everybody´s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) by Baz Luhrmann, originally was published as a chronicle written by Chicago Tribune journalist Mary Schmich in 1997, "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young", and went popular - and viral - even before released as a tune, now gaining even stronger momentum added with music. There is a long version and short version, the long with some actual singing as well, a refrain adding to the goosebumps. I am so weak when it comes to beautiful melodies!
It was actually mistaken to be a real commencement speech by Kurt Vonnegut addressing graduation class of MIT. Read the full story at wikipedia (where else, with full coverage?).
Of course, my favourite advice, among all filled with condensed wisdom, is
"Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room."
No surprise, huh?
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Bonus [VotD]: A REAL commencement speech, by Steve Jobs, to the Stanford Graduates of 2005 Class. Unmissable, as well. If you want inspiration, that is (of course you do :).
Stay hungry - Stay foolish! And yes, you got to do what you love to do.
The passage to make that happen, the tool, condensed;
"When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
Now, go out - and live!
As if it is your last day. It could be!
