Category: healing

No one has broken my heart more than I have.

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in healing, life challenges, Life Journey, Love and relationships, Reflection, self discovery, Spiritual, Uncategorized

No one has broken my heart more than I have.

It’s our own expectation of others that let us down and break our hearts.

If you expect another person to;

~ heal the pain from your past…

~ make you happy…

~ make you feel whole or “complete you”…

~ change for you…

~ be a mind reader, and understand what you need…

….you’ll be disappointed.

Only you can heal your heart, make yourself happy, and heal the parts of you that have been bruised. And, you have an amazing capacity to do just that.

Once you realize that everything you need to heal your broken heart is inside you and not inside someone else, everything changes.

Toni O’K~🌹❤️

Looks can be deceiving

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in healing, life challenges, Life Journey, Love and relationships, Reflection, self discovery, Spiritual, Uncategorized

Looks can be deceiving,

Words can be misleading,

Deeds can be self-serving.

True Beauty should not be defined

by how we look, how we dress ourselves

or what we say.

Beauty is found in;

Our acts of kindness,

Our acts of love and

Our acts of humanity.

Beauty is found in the heart and soul, not on the body💕

~ Toni O’Keeffe🌹❤️

Sometimes you just have to float

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in grief, healing, life challenges, Life Journey, Love and relationships, nature, Reflection, self discovery, Spiritual, Uncategorized

We’re told to go out and chase our dreams.

We’re also told NOT to chase who or what we desire but to trust that the universe will provide.

So, which is it? Do you wait for your ship to come in? or, do you swim out to it?

I think the answer is, both.

Most of the time we have to trust our instinct and chase the things we desire or the goals we want to attain.

Then, there are times in life when we feel lost, weak, have a cluttered mind or a spirit that is not at peace. Its at these times that we have to surrender and trust that the universe will take over and guide us.

We are the pilots of our journey, but sometimes we need to flip the auto pilot switch and trust that we’re going to land where we’re supposed to.

We don’t wake up and think “gee, I have to pump my heart, or move the blood through my veins or breath air into my lungs,” we trust these things are going to happens – and, they do.

So, swim out to your ship. If you lose your way in the swell or the elements become too much to bear, lay back, float and trust that the current will carry you to where you’re meant to go.

Toni O’K~🌹❤️

WHATEVER YOU NEED TODAY “BE” THAT

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in grief, healing, life challenges, Life Journey, Love and relationships, Reflection, self discovery, Spiritual, Uncategorized

WHATEVER YOU NEED TODAY

“BE” THAT

The thing you’re searching for?

Stop searching for it and BE it.

Give away the thing you seek.

If your searching for happiness, BE happy.

If your searching for love, BE loving.

If you seek abundance, be generous.

If you need comfort, be a comfort to someone who’s hurting,

If you seek kindness and compassion, be kind and compassionate.

If its meant for you, it’s in you to give.

The most unexpected treasures reveal themselves not when we’re looking, but when we’re BE’ing.

BE what you need

Toni O’K~🌹❤️

Today, the page is clean

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in grief, healing, life challenges, Life Journey, Love and relationships, Reflection, self discovery, Spiritual, Uncategorized

Yesterday’s page may have been a disaster,

but today the page is blank,

It’s clean, its filled with possibilities.

You have the experience from all of your yesterdays to draw on.

Every single day we have the opportunity to;

be better,

to be more,

to be less,

to be whatever we want to be.

As some things end,

new things will begin.

Perhaps it’s time to write the end of this chapter,

turn the page and start a new one.

You’re holding the pen.

Go write yourself a beautiful life❤️

Toni O’K ~🌹❤️

Life Warriors

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in grief, healing, life challenges, Life Journey, Love and relationships, Reflection, self discovery, Spiritual, Uncategorized

There are those that blazes lonely trails through grief, heartache and physical pain so they can be there to comfort and understand us when it’s our time to walk the same path.

Be grateful for these compassionate life warriors when they show up for you.

They’ve been where you are.

They healed

So will you.

Toni O’K~ 🌹❤️

Growing on 60

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in healing, life challenges, Life Journey, Love and relationships, nature, Reflection, self discovery, Spiritual, Uncategorized

“Growing” on 60

As I approach the sweet, sage, spectacular age of 60 next month, I feel I’m hitting my spiritual, physical and mental stride and life is good. The journey ahead will be oh so sweet as I call on the lessons and wisdom from the past six decades to guide me.

The older I get the more comfortably I melt into living my authentic life. A life that is calm, brings me joy and settles my soul. A life where I find joy and inspiration in the smallest, oddest and most beautiful of places and people.

I am definitely not the woman I was at 30, 40 or 50. I’ve grown into someone better.

I’m grateful that I’ve landed at this place and no longer feel that I have to be more of anything or less of anything, all I have to do is show up to life and be me.

To the woman, especially the young woman, in my life, growing well is a gift you give yourself. A gift you should look forward to. Being female is not about duck lips, thick eye brows and push up bras. Being a strong woman is about being confident, truthful, having integrity, lifting other women up not tearing them down, maintaining a youthful heart and a healthy mind, body and spirit. It’s also about letting go of pain, people, beliefs and attitudes that no longer serve you.

We can all “grow well”, despite our pain, our losses, our life circumstances and our age. The key is literally “all in your head.” Our attitudes about our physical and mental state dictate what our lives look like now and in the future. It doesn’t matter what yesterday looked liked, tomorrow can be different.

Me, I will continue to grow well. I will wander, I will ponder and I will dance under the stars (or in my kitchen) either alone or with those that dance to the same beat. I will keep furry friends by my side as they are the best therapy. If and when I feel lost, I will wander away from the flock towards the quiet of the rain forest or meander along the ocean shore lines that kiss the edge of our wild, windy, wet, west coast. Nature is my temple.

Some of you will continue to travel this journey with me, and I look forward to whatever mischief we get into along the way. To others, I will say thank you and goodbye, you’ve been a beautiful teacher.

Here’s hoping we all grow well.

60, I embrace you, let’s do it, let’s do all of it!

Crap I think I just put my back out typing that last exclamation mark 😁.

Grow well my friends, GROW well.

Love Toni

The sudden loss

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in grief, healing, life challenges, Life Journey, Love and relationships, Reflection, self discovery, Spiritual, Uncategorized

“The sudden loss

of someone you love,

leaves a longing

that stabs your heart

and shatters your soul,

leaving an emptiness

where the presence of

their love once lived.

It is this great loss

and a need to fill

the emptiness, that

becomes the loudest

and most profound

calling to live.”

YOUR PERSPECTIVE is YOUR Super Power,

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in grief, healing, life challenges, Life Journey, Love and relationships, Reflection, self discovery, Spiritual, Uncategorized

YOUR PERSPECTIVE is

YOUR Super Power,

When an obstacle blocks your path,

you can CHOOSE to view it as a disaster, an inconvenience, Or, an opportunity to pause, catch your breathe, clear your mind, reflect and grow.

Then, when you’re ready, choose a new path AND move on.

Every loss, every ending, every failure, every spiral to the bottom and all things that cause us pain, provide the opportunity to change perspective.

Once you chart your new path, leave behind whatever, whoever was blocking you or causing you pain.

Take a gratitude moment and give thanks that you survived “it” and are wiser because of it.

What’s blocking you? Is it really a disaster? or is it creating an opportunity to move on healthier, happier, lighter, wiser and with a new perspective.

Toni O’K~ 🌹❤️