If you learn how to meditate early in life, that practice will serve you in so many ways every day of your life. Respecting your elders is an action not a thought. Even if you fall in love, try to resist the idea that the next step is to have children. Enjoy your life with your spouse for years and years before the kids. Stress can make you ill and unhappy, find a METHOD of stres reduction such as Tai chi or yoga.