Unpacking the China
One of my favorite ways to cultivate a sensuous life is to look for and seize opportunities for pleasure. All kinds of pleasure perceived through all the senses. Tonight I chose to delight my sense of sight and I want to share it with you.
For several months now, I've had six boxes stacked neatly in the corner of my dining room. I told myself I'd likely be moving from this beautiful apartment to a house in a year or so and I'd save myself of the trouble of repacking my china and crystal. After all, I'd unpacked everything else or stacked it neatly in storage. I had plenty of darling casual dishes in the kitchen. Why did I need china?
Except I did.
I like it. I have always liked china. I like beauty and I love integrating beauty into my everyday life. I bought my few china plates on clearance when I was 22 and I loved eating off of my bargain china when I got my first tiny apartment. China is sensuous. The shiny finish. The rich colors. The textures. The lavishness of it. The luxury of it.
Can you tell I like china?
So it dawned on me tonight. What am I waiting for? After thinking about it for a minute, I realized that on some level I felt like I was waiting. Waiting for more financial security. Waiting until I bought another house. Waiting until I remarried. Almost as if I was waiting until some magic sense of security and permanence before I let myself drink in the sight of luxury again.
But that's just silly! It's mine already!
So I unpacked the china. I let myself enjoy the design aspect of placing the plates and wine glasses in the china cabinet in a new fresh way. Not the same as before.
I know right? An empty china cabinet sitting here in my dining room for nearly six months! And now my lonely china cabinet is full and happy.
And lemme tell you, darlings. It looks beautiful! Lovely! My sweet eyes drinking in the sight.
Beauty matters. Integrate and invite beauty into your life every chance you get. Not all of you have wedding gift china like I do. That's okay. Go with one of your girlfriends to a china store at an outlet mall and see what you can get for twenty bucks. You'll be surprised what snazzy little pieces you can find on clearance. Darlings, quit waiting for the undefined something. Create beauty in your world now! Savor little luxuries in your everyday.
As I placed the crystal on the glass shelves and while I mixed and matched a place setting so I could take a picture for this article, I imagined how unbelievably erotic it would be to set the table for two with china and candlelight and greet Sensuous Husband wearing nuthin' but a filmy little sumthin'. And I smiled. And winked to myself.
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