If you’re like me, when you think back to your childhood and the parties and holidays at your house, you recall helping to clean and get things organized. Mom would take out “the good dishes” and us kids would get our rooms ready with the “good blankets and bedspreads.” Everything had to look just right.
After the company left and the festivities ended, the “good stuff” would be put away, often for months or years.
My husband and I are married for 20 years. Much of the cut crystal wine classes, high-end china and beautifully trimmed blankets and pillows are practically new. I’m embarrassed to tell you that some of it is still in the original packaging.
Are we not worthy of using the “good stuff?” If I die tomorrow, I will never have had the chance to truly enjoy what is tucked away in our closets and dining room. Are we not worthy of the gifts that people gave us? The “good stuff” will have been wasted.
Often times the messages we send to ourselves is that the old blanket with the worn fabric will suffice. The incomplete set of dishes with the missing bowls or faded design will be fine for dinner. “It’s just us.”
I’ve made the executive “MOM” decision that we need to celebrate every day. Yes, my husband and I and our two teenagers have every right to use the nice china all the time, not only when company arrives. Who was I saving it for, and why?
It’s time to communicate empowering messages to ourselves and children. To truly believe we are worthy of the good things in life. Tucking the dishes and blankets away is demeaning.
How about you? Is it time for you to break out the “good stuff” and enjoy it-guilt-free!
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What I used to think of “pampering myself” I now see as normal. The good stuff and the fine life are every one’s birth right. It’s up to us to experience it.
Amen to that Ryan! Thanks for your comment and friendship on Twitter!
Susan