Tuesday, January 5, 2021

The Suitcase

 



A man died, when he realized it, he saw God coming closer with a suitcase in his hand.
- God said: Alright son it’s time to go.
- surprised the man responded: Now? So soon? I had a lot of plans...
- I'm sorry but it’s time to go.

- What do you have in that suitcase? the man asked.
- God answered: Your belongings.
- My belongings? you mean my things, my clothes, my money?
-God answered: Those things were not yours they belonged to the earth.

- Is it my memories? the man asked.
-God answered: those never belonged to you they belonged to Time

- Is it my talents?
-God answered: those were never yours they belonged to the circumstances.

- Is it my friends and family?
-God answered: I'm sorry they were never yours they belonged to the path.

- Is it my wife and son?
- God answered: They were never yours they belonged to your heart.

- Is it my body?
- God answered: that was never yours it belonged to the dust.

-Is it my soul?
God answered: No that is mine.

Full of fear, the man took the suitcase from God and opened it just to find out the suitcase was empty.
- With a tear coming down his cheek the man said: I never had anything???
-God answered: that is correct, every moment you lived were only yours.
Life is just a moment. a moment that belongs to you. For this reason enjoy this time while you have it.
Don't let anything that you think you own stop you from doing so.
-Live Now
-Live your life
- Don't forget to be happy, that is the only thing that matters.
- Material things and everything else that you fought for stay here.
-YOU CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING

Author unknown

1950s Style and Elegance




1951 Irish Wool Suit by British Couture House Lachasse. Photo by Don Honeyman


Jacky Mazel wearing Lanvin-Castillo 1956


Brigitte Bardot wearing a silk taffeta and tulle dress for the Maria Callas gala at the Paris Opera House December 1958.


Balenciaga 1955


Maggy Rouff 1953


May Vogue 1957 Photo by Karen Radkai for Bergdoff Goodman ad


Larry Aldrich Moygashel linen sheath dress. Hat by Tatiana, Rosenstein bag. Photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, April 1, 1954


Mary Jane Russell in Moygashel linen dress by Larry Aldrich, hat by Mr. John. 1956 Harper's Bazaar


Pierre Cardin 1956


Hubert de Givenchy 1953


Pierre Cardin 1959 Photo by Georges Dambier.


1956 Sherry Nelms in evening dress of white silk with deeply cut back by Luis Estevez.


Suzi Parker for Lilli Ann, 1956.
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THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR