When you’ve come through a storm.
Let the water settle before
you make your next move.
We can’t see clearly through turbulent seas. Reflection is only possible when the water is calm, quiet and clear.
Before you react, let the storm within you
and the storm around you settle.
Toni O’KEEFFE 🌹❤️
Not every race will be won,
Not every dream will come true,
Not everyone you love, will love you back.
Not every goal will be reached.
Run anyway,
Dream anyway,
Love anyway.
Reach anyway
Every step in the wrong direction,
every dream that fades,
every love thats lost,
every unfulfilled goal.
puts you on the path towards
what and who is meant for you.
Nothing you do is ever wasted, nothing.
There is wisdom, lessons and growth in everything, even the most painful of things.
Toni O’KEEFFE 🌹❤️
The next time you find yourself walking into a battle, confrontation, debate or an argument, ask yourself if you really need to be there.
Not every battle cry is meant to be answered. Some provide the opportunity to rise above whatever (or whoever) is trying to provoke you.
Of course not all conflict should be avoided. Sometimes conflict is healthy and necessary. Conflict can stimulate new ideas, challenge our thinking, lead to problem solving and foster creativity.
However, when emotions are highly charged or, our ethics or morals feel compromised, or, we don’t feel heard or understood, or, we’re recycling the same old arguments and conflicts with individuals who are disrespectful and manipulative, we might be putting our self esteem and mental well-being at risk.
You CAN walk away from the toxic people, relationships, environments or unhealthy patterns of behaviour, that try to call you into battle.
You don’t have to show up for every conflict that invites you in. Your greatest victories may be realized in the battles you never fight ☮️.
Toni O’KEEFFE 🌹❤️
Showing up for each other is easy.
Sometimes, all we have to do is, put down our phones, be present and listen.
Listen not to judge or advise or jump in with our own commentary, but to really listen, with the kindness and compassion of our whole heart.
Toni O’KEEFFE ~🌹❤️
Before you decide to;
“put somebody in their place”
“show them the door”,
“read them the riot act”
“take them down”
“teach them a lesson”
“tear a strip off them”
“bully them”
or
“seek revenge”
…..ask yourself if that’s what they really need.
When people are struggling, trying to cope with the chaos and pain in their lives, they don’t need another storm, they need a lighthouse.
Be kind
Be compassionate
Be the lighthouse.
Wishing you a wonderful week ahead.
Toni O’KEEFFE 🌹❤️
Guess what?
You are the boss of you.
You’re allowed to slow down.
🍁🧣🍂
Peace, calm, maybe a bit of wisdom,
and even healing, find us when we stop “doing” and rest.
Wishing you a peaceful, calm, happy weekend.
Toni🌹❤️
There is beauty in stillness and in quiet, when the pace of all things soften, the mind exhales, the breath becomes gentle and worries fade.
I focus on a single leaf, drifting with the wind, towards the forest floor, marking the end of one season and the beginning of the next.
In this quietude, I bear witness to the most colourful and calming act of life, death and letting go.
Every ending is really a new beginning and all things that begin, will end.
And, this knowing, should be our greatest calling to live🍂
Toni O’KEEFFE 🌹❤️
It’s a beautiful thing to have hopes and dreams, to make wishes and trust they’ll come true, and to be grateful when they do.
I love this optimistic, magical side of our whimsy human nature.
No matter how old you are, may you never stop sending dandelion wishes into the wind afar, and never stop dreaming upon a star.
Toni O’KEEFFE🌹❤️
~ just wanted to sprinkle a bit of whimsy on your day xo 🤗
I’m grateful for the ones who;
~ patiently teach without judgement,
~ are kind when they suggest how things can be done differently,
~ listen to understand, not to blame, criticize, judge or ridicule,
~ have no desire to prove they’re right,
~ freely share their time, talents and wisdom in an effort to help us grow and become better versions of ourselves.
Along this mysterious, messy, yet oh so marvellous, road called life, be grateful for the ones who show up and patiently guide us to where we’re meant to be.
Toni O’KEEFFE 🌹❤️
Anything that’s ever been planted had to make its way through the dirt before it could bloom.
When life gets messy, you might actually be getting ready to bloom into something absolutely beautiful.
Embrace the messy parts of life.
Toni O’KEEFFE 🌹❤️
The Whimsey Angel 