We all twinkle a little brighter, when we’re sharing our gifts, shining our lights, and, doing what we love.
There’s nothing more beautiful than you, laughing, feeling, connecting, discovering, growing and sharing your music, your art, your words, your light, your love and your beautiful heart and soul with the world.
So twinkle, twinkle you beautiful little stars, twinkle on 🌟
Toni O’KEEFFE 🔆
Let’s create more happy, authentic and magical moments for each other.
Moments that tickle our senses and leave us feeling fully alive and grateful that we’re here experiencing all this magic and madness with each other.
Moments being present, curious, and engaged as we create art, make music, bake cookies, blow bubbles, laugh and plant gardens together.
Moments having extraordinary conversation with each other where we listen, really listen with kindness, to learn and understand one another better.
More moments dipping our toes in the sand, splashing in the waves, gazing at rainbows and oohing and awing at every sunrise and sunset.
Moments sitting around campfires under starry nights or stormy skies with the ones we love, marvelling at the vastness before us, believing anything is possible.
Moments that allow us to inhale the sights, the sounds, the perfume, the lushness and beauty of life, and exhale the noise, the clutter, the busyness and the demands of our messy chaotic modern world.
Moments that are simple, free, and give us life, not drain it from us, moments that lift us up, not tear us down.
Moments that inspire, motivate, build confidence and allow us to soar.
Moments that remind us who we really are, and who we’ve always been.
Yeah, let’s do that, for our beautiful, magical, absolutely awesome selves and for each other☺️.
Toni O’KEEFFE 🔆
If you got a little messy or made a few mistakes yesterday, good for you, you’re growing.
We’ve been messing up and falling down since the day we were born. That’s how we learned to walk, to talk, to feed and dress ourselves, to ride a bike, drive a car and build a life for ourselves.
This cycle of learning and growing never ends. We make an error, we course correct, we learn, we grow, we move on.
So, if things got a little messy yesterday and yet, you pulled yourself together and carried on, BRAVO 👏 you’re doing exactly what you’re here to do.
Have a fabulous fun-filled, mindful, maybe messy, day.
Toni O’KEEFFE🔆
Perfection, if it exists at all, implies flawlessness, while happiness is a state of emotional wellbeing.
Happiness exists when we appreciate what we have and find joy in our everyday lives and relationships. The pursuit of perfection however, can be stressful, costly and erode the joy we have in our lives and negatively impact our self worth and emotional wellbeing.
Whether it’s the pursuit of a perfect face, a perfect body, the perfect outfit, perfect partner, perfect decor, perfect home, perfect job, or some other perfect “thing”, it’s exhausting.
If we’re always distracted seeking perfection, we will never be happy being who we are, with what we already have?
As children most of us were happy messy little characters, playing with sticks in the creek, wearing shirts with missing buttons and mismatched socks. Life was simple. Then, at some point, the world told us we weren’t good enough.
Seeking to improve oneself is different than seeking perfection. Improving oneself is about doing your best and being happy with what you’ve accomplished and happy with who you are, without comparing yourself to others.
Perfection is a constant competition to keep up with social standards that are completely subjective.
Striving for perfection holds us back from seeing and appreciating all the beautiful, simple things about ourselves that make each of us unique, and appreciating all the little miracles we bump into every day.
So be gentle with yourself. Stop seeking perfection in our imperfect world. Let’s teach our children to focus on gratitude, mindfulness, kindness and self love and, happiness will follow.
You don’t need to seek perfection, you’re already perfect, being you, and thats the only thing any of us can be perfectly, perfect at.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
You’ll know inner peace when the world around you is restless, yet, you greet it with calm, because you know your sanctuary is in you, not in the noise around you.
Toni O’KEEFFE🔆
She began as a trickle. As she started to flow in harmony with her environment, she acquired experience that made her stronger, mightier and wiser. She now understood her purpose.
She knew she was a unique and beautiful part of a larger interconnected system, that worked beautifully when everyone did their part.
This wisdom allowed her to trust the pull of the flow, to have faith in her journey and, to enjoy the ride.
“She”, is a raindrop. When she fell from the sky, she had no idea where she would land, which field she might help grow, which river, stream, or lake she might become a part of, but, she did know, that eventually, she would become a part of the larger, more beautiful ocean and, that knowing, allowed her to surrender, accept and be grateful for everything she met along the way.
We’re all tiny raindrops that fell from the sky, having no idea where we would land, who would land beside us or where our paths might lead.
We’re also part of this amazing interconnected cosmic system that flows in unison. When we stop pushing against the flow, and instead, let it pull us, this life journey, becomes so much more enjoyable.
Enjoy the journey you beautiful little cosmic raindrops.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
Life takes us down roads we never expected to travel. These roads often lead to the greatest adventures, opportunities and people.
Sometimes we have to set aside the map, park our big plans, leave the baggage behind, and trust that the universe is taking us where we’re meant to go.
Wishing you happy and unexpected adventures this weekend.
Toni 🔆
Hmmmmm
There are times we must speak.
Even if we’re afraid, we must speak.
We must say; this is wrong, this is broken, this is hurting me, this is hurting others.
I don’t believe in this, I can’t accept this.
History has shown us that the repercussions of not speaking out, can be far worse than the fear we feel of speaking out.
Change doesn’t happen through silence,
it happens by speaking our truth and challenging the lies, the liars and their brokenness.
Sometimes silence is beautiful, other times it’s loud, so loud it can shatter our freedoms, our way of life and crush our souls.
Those unspoken things, maybe we all need to stand up and speak them?
Toni O’KEEFFE🔆
This sweet dream carried me away to a field of flowers, where I fell in awe of the tapestry of colour so brilliantly stitched together.
Floating above the field, I gazed down upon tall golden sunflowers, lupins exploding in hues of purple and blue, sunny daffodils and wild crocus all sharing the same soil and blooming side-by-side.
Crimson poppies, delicate white daisies and purple bachelor buttons, their stems splendidly entangled, grew freely, no fences, no boarders, just beautiful wide open space allowing their roots to stretch and grow.
Bees, butterflies, birds and bugs of every type, moved above, below and upon the tapestry all doing their part.
Rays of sunlight kissed each flower, and bounced off dew-drops, making everything sparkle. Tiny delightful buttercups dancing between it all, knit this rich bouquet of diverse colours, scents, sizes and varieties together.
How wonderfully all life here cooperated, grew, bloomed and thrived perfectly together, it was stunning.
Then a single dandelion, falling to seed at the end of her days, but still so beautiful, called to me and asked if I’d like to make a wish upon her, I did. I was moved that in her final moments of life, she still had something to offer, and she offered it to me.
As I continued to float above this kaleidoscope of grace and peacefulness, the flowers became us; me, you, my family, my neighbours, strangers and I knew this peaceful field was showing me, how life could be, how life should be.
Then, I drifted back to this world, and woke, with new hope and optimism for our own diverse, and colourful human garden.
~ Stare into a wild garden for a while and you’ll see how life could be.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆🌈
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