When I’m 98 (if I would even last that long) I want to be like Iris Apfel – amazing, strong, with a clear mind, aims in life, loving people around, and with an amazing sense of humor. And wise. The wisdom doesn’t come for granted, it has to be earned. And it can be learned.
As I was watching a documentary about her, I wanted to take a pencil and write down every word that she said. Yet, there was one idea that made me smile on the inside. As she was getting read of some of her treasures, she mentioned that we all are temporarily here. Thus, things do not really belong to us, and it’s better if some things find a better owner before meanwhile they can be used.
“We all are temporarily here… things do not really belong to us.”
Iris Apfel
I can imagine, that for Iris, who has been collecting beautiful things her entire life and takes good care of them, parting with her treasures was not easy at all. But she did it. I can imagine that people who bought her things at the auction felt excited because they weren’t buying just things, they were touching the legend, things-Iris. I hope that we can also learn from this wisdom. How to find treasures among the stuff, preserve them, and pass them on with a feeling of magic rather than getting read of our consumer mistakes.