Sometimes we fight so hard to hang on to;
❤️ Things that clutter our lives.
❤️ People not meant for us.
❤️ Beliefs, attitudes and behaviours that no longer serve us or bring us joy.
Let go, see where it takes you.
TO’K ~ 🌹❤️
Category: Life Journey
Wishing you light
We all dream of that perfect place
to call our own. A place where we can bask in both sunlight and moon beams.
It’s in this perfect, beautiful place
that we will realize we ARE
the light we seek.
Always, wishing you light.
TO’K~🌹❤️
My hope for you
One day I hope you arrive at a place where it all makes sense.
Where every heartache, every loss, every mis-adventure, the chaos, the confusion, the highs and the lows, are all understood.
A place where you can embrace your journey and realize each step was leading you to exactly where you are.
That you have an epic Ah-ha moment and say
“Wow, it all makes sense now.”
And because of this realization you are wiser, kinder, more compassionate, a little gentler on the world and that your heart is settled knowing your soul is finally at home.
That’s my hope for you.
TO’K ~ 🌹❤️
Turn your chaos into something beautiful🌹
For centuries,
Not all, but some
of the most
beautiful words, music
colourful works of art,
poetic expression and
inspirational wisdom,
has been born through
deep sadness,
hollowing grief,
hearts shattered
into millions of pieces,
and lonely solitude.
Knowing how to take
this chaos and
turn it into something
beautiful and positive
is an art unto itself.
Are beautiful things lurking in the madness of your mind?
TO’K~🌹❤️
Rise
You fall.
You get back up.
You fall again.
You get back up again.
Then, you may realize that it’s the same “thing” pushing you down each time you fall.
That “thing” might be a person, a belief, fear, a pattern of behaviour, an expectation, depression, an addiction.
So, you either eliminate the “thing” that takes you down or you’ll keep falling.
If you can’t eliminate this thing on your own, there is always someone waiting to listen and help you up.
Life has this mysterious way of putting us in the same scenarios until we learn what we’re supposed to learn.
Listen to what the repetition in your life is trying to tell you.
And remember;
Each time we fall, we have an opportunity to rise.
TO’K ~ 🌹❤️
Artists, universal equalizers
To those that share their creative talents and poetic selves with the rest of the world, thank you for sharing your gift.
To the musicians that raise our spirits to dance, stir our hearts to sing and move us to celebrate; Your notes and songs tell the tales and reveal the secrets hidden in our souls. You help us express the emotions and feelings that are often locked deep inside of us. When you play everything, even love and loss, make sense. Your music binds us and helps humanity mark time in ways that no other thing can.
To the artists that blend colour with light, alter shape and form, awaken the imagination and bring canvas, clay, glass, wood, stone or the stage to life; Your talents soothe the souls of a tired and too busy world. You allow us to see and imagine our lives and the world differently.
To the poets and writers that help us escape; You make our eyes weep with joy, our hearts swoon and our minds think. You provide a refuge and give us the words that define and explain our own lives.
You all courageously share intimate pieces of yourselves through your art and help us find the pathways to our own passions.
You are the universal equalizers that eclipse boarders, politics, race, gender, religion and war, and bring people together.
You feed the hunger we all have to express who we are. You help make sense of, and bring peace and harmony to an unsettled and chaotic world.
Thank you for the gift of your creative self❤️.
TO’K ~🌹❤️
Barely a Moment
Sometimes we’re meant to be
in someone’s life for barely a moment.
Just long enough to leave a small imprint and change each other in ways we might never know.
We walk together from one place and time to another, and then, head to separate shores, knowing with great clarity that we’re profoundly different, although not quite sure how.
Be grateful for everyone,
(literally every-single-one), that comes in and out of your life. Each of these beautiful souls brought you something magnificent, even if it was painful, they helped shape who you are.
And who you are, is wonderful ❤️
TO’K~🌹❤️
Embrace the Storm
We can stay safe, warm and comfortable under the shelter of our fears, or, we can run into the storm, waving our arms in wild delight and greet the waves that are about to crash onto the shores of ours lives.
Yes your hair will get tussled. You may be blown to the ground, get bruised and have debris fill your eyes. But oh how glorious it will be to know courage, to feel your heart race and have your entire being awaken to living fully in that moment.
When the wave crashes down, you will get soaked, it may even pull you into cold, unfamiliar, deep, dark, waters. But you’re strong, you will find your way back. And, when the next storm hits, it won’t be so unfamiliar, you’ll be stronger and it will be easier to swim to shore.
And then, the sun will return.
Embrace the exhilaration that comes when a storm blows in and every fibre of your body and soul feel FULLY alive. Because, one day,
YOU won’t be.
TO’K ~ 🌹❤️
Look up
Look up from the busyness of your day, from your phone, your desk, your computer, the TV or anything else that disconnects you from the natural world.
Look up to the stars and marvel at how small yet so perfect we all are.
Look up into the mountains and believe that you can climb them.
Look up when you hear a child giggle and remember what it was like to play and to dream.
Look up into the forest and “hear” the silence and just breathe.
Look up beyond the moon and the glow of the entire universe and know that whatever troubles your mind will pass.
Your heart will soften, your mind will quiet, your body will ease and your soul will wake, when you pause, and just ~ look ~ up.
TO’K ~🌹❤️
We are the poetry
By Toni O’Keeffe
We need not look beyond our own lives, our own hearts, our own curious souls to find the answers.
We are the echos of wisdom left behind by all those that came before us.
We are the foot prints leading towards greater understand of all that is.
We are the songs that ignite passion, tears and dance.
We are the deep whispers that exhale in the night guiding each other home.
We are the chapters and
the puzzle pieces in each others lives.
We are raindrops, heartache and the cover that shelters one another from life’s storms.
We are mountains, forests, oceans, and the wide open spaces that call us to explore.
We are fear, joy, unsettled thoughts and lies. We are the peace, the war and injustice that surrounds us.
We are the colours of our own lives, the magic, the madness and the miracles. We are all the things we seek.
And,
We are the masterpiece we crave to create.
Look inwards my dear ones, that is where you will find the answers to all questions, all pain, all life.
I am the rhythm and the words that will set you and I free.
Together;
We are the poetry
TO’K~ 🌹❤️
The Whimsey Angel 