I bought this perfume recently from someone on Facebook marketplace.

I knew I had loved this scent a long time ago, and I’m in a season of remembering what I love and of coming alive again after a long season of pain.

When I put the perfume on in the car, I was transported back to being 24 years old and working at the flagship Bloomingdale’s store in New York City when I lived there for a while. I was so ALIVE then. I had made the choice to live in NYC purely to BE alive and follow my heart. That’s the last time I really remember making a decision purely for my own joy. And it was a decision I made consciously after a season of suffering.

Putting on this perfume now as I enter another season where I’m consciously choosing joy honestly brings happy tears to my eyes. I’m still that girl in her 20s who loved color and laughter and brightness and people and Juicy perfume. Much of her had to hide away during what seemed to be endless years of pain, but she’s re-emerging now.

Even though I’ve just turned 40, I know I’m still the same vibrant girl. I’m reclaiming my JOY. I’m reclaiming what brings me alive.

Did you know the things that light up your soul are woven within you for a REASON?? They are not an accident. They speak to who you are and what your purpose on this planet is.

So leave a comment and tell me…what is something that makes you feel ALIVE that you can reintegrate into your life starting today??

We need you fully alive, my friend. And so do you. Let’s reclaim our joy by remembering who we are and who we’re created to be. 💛

Xx- Gabi Ruth