Free Your Mind!

Color blocking, mixing trends with vintage, as your learning one of my favorite, pastimes....shoes, Steve Madden.

Layering the look with a Philthy Ragz fur vest  adds the final touch for a cool night.

Here I come baby!!!! The chair on the left is waiting for me!!!!!!!!!!!!

This weekend was full of celebratory activities! Great conversation, beautiful people and timeless memories!! After tossing back a few "Ronni Martini's" an amazing thought provoking sentiment was expressed,  as we were all sharing memories of the birthday girl.  One of the guests joked about how the honoree easily makes new friends and easily invites them in.  Without any harsh intent, she lightly mentioned that she'd never do that....her reasoning was that after a particular age she just didn't need any new friends....I remember having the same thought about 10 years ago, which  at that time came from a negative space, relative to the experiences of the former years.

The beautiful Huntley Hotel Santa Monica, California.......

The "Ronnitini", mixture of watermelon and cucumber martini, something the bartender concocted it and it was excellent!

I could relate to her comments  and understood where her intimate revealings were coming from. I too at some point shared the same sentiment.  It wasn't until my long time friend told me something that changed my life. She explained to me that by being close minded and not opening up that it gave way to projecting the pain of my past onto others and unintentionally blocking my own blessings She told me that forgiveness was a gift to myself, and a closed mind comes from remaining in a painful place.  She expressed to me that when you open your mind and let go of the pain, you free yourself from negativity and you then gain the joyful experience of learning and discovering others! Those shared experiences open you to a positive place where you then you get the gift of  affecting and effecting the world around you, both  profoundly and positively.  Those very words penetrated my soul, and forever changed my life. I had to free my mind.

   Everyone  in this life is relative to their experiences and its not  only the experiences that mold you, but  its the growth behind the message of the experience. Freeing your mind allows you to see things from a positive perspective and the opens the doors to new experiences, and potential life changing occurrences.  I could not imagine my life without the  new encounters, conversations and countless hours of meaningful life changing conversations that I have had with growing  personal relationships...both professional and personal.

The birthday girl in the middle, an example of the power of an open heart and open mind.....with both of these friendships we  clicked from day one,  so many common interests and experiences.  I could not imagine life with out their impact.....

Another testament to the power of a timeless friendship, they been friends since elementary school, and are now college grads, still loving and supporting one another, profoundly and positively.........

I thank God for opening my heart and mind to receive and be a blessing....... these folks are part of TEAM PHILTHY!!!!!

The latter celebration was for my store manager,  who at a young age life's experiences have had a profound affect on me and vice versa.  Her college experience, her degree in business management, have  added character, organization and SWAG to Philthy Ragz!!! No matter what age, no matter what your journey, somebody has something to give to you and you to them.......give the gift of forgiveness to yourself........ you've got some blessings to share and receive!!!!

Free your Mind..............It'll change your swagger.......

The Retail Therapyst