The way we live, laugh, learn, love and play
Be mindful of who enters your life unexpectedly, especially when you’re going through difficult times.
There are those who are sent to lift us up, bring comfort, wisdom, healing, and light…..so, let them.
If you don’t have the strength to reach out for help, accept the help when others reach in.
Toni O’KEEFFE🔆
We don’t outgrow people,
we outgrow the version
of ourselves that tolerated
them.
And thats, growth.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
Water flows around anything
blocking its path.
It’s calm, soft, and persistent.
It’s flexible and adapts
to the environment.
It doesn’t force, it doesn’t fight,
it flows, and still gets to where it’s supposed to go.
Be like water💦
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
You are not,
the struggles,
the heartache,
the pain, or,
the storms,
you’ve walked
through.
You’re the courage,
the strength,
the wisdom,
and the light
that got you
through it.
You are so much wiser, stronger, courageous and capable, than you give yourself credit for. I mean WOW! look how far you’ve come!
Toni O’KEEFFE🔆
~ Life is not a fairytale 🧚♀️
We’re born into the world as these happy, loving, innocent, free-of-sin little souls who spend the first chapter of life learning how to communicate and live in our human body.
The second chapter of life is spent doing, being, believing and learning, what we’re told to do, be, believe and learn.
The third chapter of life we come to terms with the fact that we don’t want to do, be or believe everything we’ve been told.
Chapter four we spent undoing and unlearning what doesn’t feel authentic, and finally growing into who we’re meant to be.
Then, if we’re lucky, we get a fifth chapter, where we don’t really care what others think or say about us, we’re comfortable in our skin. We have a sense of who we are, and we’re finally able to be our true self.
The wonderful thing about life is, you can skip to chapter 5, at any point. Today, you can jump to chapter 5!
Life is not a fairytale, but, you can still take charge of your happily ever after.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
The world is restless, noisy, filled
with injustice and chaos right now.
But, WE can still choose, peace, stillness, truth and kindness amidst the chaos❤️☮️.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
We all have those beautiful souls who shine wisdom and warmth into our lives. They help us grow, are the sunshine on our rainy days, and, the starlight that guides us home when life gets dark.
Be mindful of their presence.
They didn’t show up by accident, so, keep them close🤗.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
Life gets easier when we stop resisting the natural rhythm and flow of all things, and accept that this flow is not ours to control.
When we move with this flow, see the beauty in it and understand that we’re apart of it, life makes sense.
When we try to control it, work against or around it, or pretend it doesn’t exist, life is challenging.
~storms blow in, then blow out.
~ocean tides will rise, then, they fall,
~ life gets loud, then, it softens.
~ a man will die today, another will be born,
~ winter flows into spring, spring into summer, summer into fall and on it beautifully goes.
These things and everything, are the ebb and flow that make life beautiful, amazing, precious, impermanent and, beyond our control.
Life will get easier, once you stop
resisting the flow, start enjoying it and swaying to the rhythm of it.
Toni O’KEEFFE 🔆
Every day you leave a trail of footprints behind you.
You may not see them,
but others will.
This trail is created by your acts of kindness, the joy you create in the lives of others, the forgiveness you offer, the wisdom you share, the compassion you show and the love you give freely.
These footprints become the roadmap your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, friends, community and others will follow.
Make sure they lead to beautiful places.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
Rest, is part of the journey.
We cannot heal, thrive or exist without it.
If you need to step away from the noise, catch your breath, and wander into the beauty of the wilds, curl up under a tree, and let the calm of swaying branches and the wind lull you to sleep, you should definitely do that.
Toni O’KEEFFE🔆
The Whimsey Angel 