Category: personal growth,

~ You can turn the page

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in follow your path, growth, Life Journey, Personal Growth, wisdom

You’re allowed to change your mind, your perspective, your point-of-view, your direction and your goals, as frequently as you need too.

Those who commit to personal growth, often change their minds based on new wisdom, life experience and insight. This doesn’t make these individuals indecisive or wishy-washy. It means they’re flexible, adaptable, and means they possess a healthy willingness to evolve into better versions of themselves.

When we live mindfully we develop clarity on what we need in life, what we need to let go of, walk away from and what we want to walk towards.

At any point, YOU can; turn the page, take a new path, change your mind, change your goals, change direction, or, change who you spend your time with. When we’re learning and growing, that’s what we do; we change.

Toni O’Keeffe🔆

Let neither success or failure go to your head ~

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in acceptance, authentic, Life Journey, personal growth,

Let neither success or failure go to your head. Both are simply stepping stones guiding you down your path. Neither make you better, less, above or below anyone.

Judging yourself or comparing your successes and failures to others is futile. We don’t compare a cactus to an oak tree, or, poison ivy to a lotus or, a zucchini to bamboo. While they are all plants, each serve a different purpose within the environment they grow. Like plants, we each play different roles within the environments, families and cultures where we grow.

Be grateful for both your successes and your failures. They are the sign posts pointing the way and fuelling your personal growth.

Toni O’Keeffe🌹❤️

Dreams can come true;

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey, peace, personal growth,

The field~

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 reaching for the sky, 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.

Rays of sunlight touched each flower, and bounced off dew-drops, making every flower sparkle. Tiny delightful buttercups dancing between it all, knit this rich bouquet of diverse colours, scents, sizes and varieties together.

Bees, butterflies, birds and bugs of every type, moved above, below and upon the tapestry doing their part. 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 me 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.

I drifted back to this world, and woke, with new hope and optimism for our own diverse, and colourful human garden.

Toni O’Keeffe🌹❤️

Dream anyway

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in be you, follow your path, Life Journey, Personal Growth, Reflection, 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 🌹❤️

OK, you might be a little bit messy today.

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey, Personal Growth, self acceptance, Toni O’KEEFFE

OK, you might be a little bit messy today.
You might even feel bloated, gassy, cranky and a little less than your awesome self.
But listen, even on the messiest, most uncomfortable, baddest of bad hair days, you’re still a beautiful, fricken’ miracle, capable of achieving BIG ( and I mean HUGE) awesomeness!

Wear that mess of fuzz like a crown and
go make some magic!

Toni O’KEEFFE 🌹❤️

We don’t arrive to this life adventure knowing it all. If we did, what would be the point?

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey, Personal Growth, Reflection, Toni O’Keeffe

We don’t arrive to this life adventure knowing it all. If we did, what would be the point?

I remember this chaotic, impatient, awkward, young girl, tripping over life. You might remember a similar girl or boy from the early days of your own life story.

When I reflect back on this girl, I do so with such compassion and love, because I realize now;
~ How hard she worked to find her voice and to be heard.
~ How she struggled to find the values to guide her.
~ How desperately she wanted to find her purpose.
~ How determined she was in her quest to find her place in the world and find her tribe,
And
~ How passionately she craved, and still craves, authentic human connections.
Back “then” she couldn’t even describe what this craving was.

I hope you see and admire the younger version of yourself the same way. Be gentle with, and forgive yourself for the mistakes you think you’ve made, because none of it was a mistake. That younger you, was just trying to figure life out, searching, learning and growing like we all are.

Wherever you are along this life journey, is exactly where you’re meant to be. Be grateful that your younger self got you this far, now, keep on going💖.

Toni O’KEEFFE 🌹❤️

Let the light in ~

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in follow your path, Life Journey, Personal Growth, Spiritual

If there’s too many trees in a forest, none of them can grow to their full potential. They block the light from one another and nothing new can take root. Life can also be like that.

When we’re surrounded by the wrong people, too much stuff, noise, clutter, negativity, busyness, even our own bad habits, we get distracted and can’t see or feel the light that’s trying to find us.

It’s okay;

  • to remove the people and things that no longer fit into the life you want to live,
  • to turn off the noise, including the news, the gossip, the politics and the negative chatter from others,
  • to let go of any negative opinions you have about yourself, your potential and your worthiness.

When we remove the things that no longer fit into our lives, we realize many of the things we’ve been looking for were always there, hidden in the shadows of what had to go.

Create the “space between the trees”, so the light can shine in and you can grow the life you want to live.

Toni O’KEEFFE 🌹❤️