Consejos para adolescentes, en inglés

Desembalando trastos me he topado con el texto en inglés que guardé hace tiempo, sin referencia a su acertado autor... Allá va, para pensar un rato. Diría que es aplicable a todas las edades. Teenagers, al final, lo somos casi todos...

Words for teenagers

Always we hear the cry from teenagers, "What can I do, where can we go?"

My answer is this: Go home, mow the lawn, wash the windows, learn to cook, build a raft, get a job, visit the sick, study your lessons, and after you've finished, read a book.

Your town does not owe you recreational facilities and your parents do not owe you fun.

The world does not owe you a living, you owe the world something.

You owe it your time, energy and talent so that no one will be at war, in poverty or sick and lonely again.

In other words, grow up, stop being a cry baby, get out of your dream world and develop a backbone, not a wishbone.

Start behaving like a responsible person.

You are important and you are needed.

It's too late to sit around and wait for sometbody to do something someday.

Someday is now and that somebody is you.

Muy bueno, ¿verdad? E insisto, me lo aplico a mí también en este momento.