Tag: pain

~ Don’t let your pain be your story

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in growth, healing, Life Journey, pain

Every sunrise creates the opportunity to start healing from whatevers hurting or haunting you. ☀️

It doesn’t matter how your pain found you, what matters is how you muster the courage to move beyond it.

Healing can start by forgiving who or what hurt you, including forgiving yourself for the role you played or decisions you made, that led to your emotional or physical pain.

Forgiveness doesn’t mean you condone or forget what happened. Forgiveness is the act of reclaiming control over your mental and physical well-being so you can move on and live your best life.

When we forgive, we put the weight of our pain down and remove the power it has over us. Forgiveness allows peace to fill in the spaces where sorrow, guilt, regret, anger, grief or other pain once lived and, we begin to heal.

If you need help getting started; write down the things you want to heal from and who you need to forgive. Then, find your place of peace. This place might be a forest, the oceanside, a wide open field, the rivers edge, a mountain top, your garden or a quiet room with a view.

In this safe space set your words free. You can burn, bury, shred or flush, them away. Or, scream them out into the ether.

When you leave this place, think about the lessons you’re pain provided, offer gratitude for the lessons, then leave what and who hurt you behind. If you feel your pain creeping back in. Go back to this place and reclaim your peace of mind.

Whether your pain is anchored in grief, regret, abuse, addiction, heartbreak, illness or other physical or emotional suffering; today’s a good day to start healing.

Pain is often where our greatest learning and growth takes place. It’s a part of all of our lives, but don’t let your pain be your whole story. 🌅

Toni O’KEEFFE🔆

You are NOT your struggles~

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey

You are not, the struggles, the heartache, the pain, the storms or, the mud you’ve been through.

You are the courage, the strength, the wisdom and the light that got you through it.

You are wiser, stronger, more courageous and capable, than you give yourself credit for.

Seriously, just look how far you’ve come🤗❤️

Toni O’KEEFFE🔆

Don’t make them ask~

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey

Don’t make them ask~

Leave the light on, and,
stay with him until he falls asleep.

Stop talking, and listen,
not only to his words,
but to his actions,
his silence and his tears.

Walk quietly beside her
so she can feel your presence.

Hold his hand until
he wants you to let go.

Wrap your arms around her
while she weeps.

Sit with him in silence,
so he doesn’t feel the
emptiness that surrounds him.

Don’t ask what’s wrong,
because she’s not sure.

People in pain, suffering
with grief, depression, anxiety
or loneliness don’t always know
how to ask for what they need.

Don’t make them ask.

Toni O’KEEFFE ~🌹❤️

Your pain is showing you which way to go.

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey

One day, she felt a shift. She ripped open her wounds, released the weight of her tears, and cleared a path for the pain, heartache, grief, disappointment, and sadness to leave.

As the anguish flowed away, she gave thanks, as she knew without the ache of it all, she would never have found the path to her place, her peace, her light or, herself.

Her pain had come with a purpose and, she was grateful. She exhaled, smiled, made coffee, booked a trip to Italy, then picked up her notebook, went to the beach and life began again.

~ Your pain and discomfort has a purpose. Its pointing you towards healing, new opportunities and new ways of “being.”

Its helping you see who and what really matters. And sweet, darling soul, it’s you, you’re what matters.

Toni O’KEEFFE ~🌹❤️

Pain can be a beautiful teacher~

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in blessing, change, growth, happiness, healing, kindness, life challenges, Life Journey, Love and relationships, personal growth,, Reflection, self acceptance, self discovery, wisdom

We learn more during life’s painful moments and challenges, than we learn in our moments of glory.

Each stabbing ache, each crushing disappointment, each heartbreak, every loss or painful fall from grace, allows us an opportunity to grow and become stronger.

Whether it’s emotional or physical; pain forces us to slow down, rest and take the time we need to heal.

Getting knocked down isn’t always a bad thing. Pain can leave us humbled, wiser and more patient. It allows us to lower our veil, be vulnerable, more tolerant and compassionate towards the pain we see or even cause, in others.

Sometimes pain itself is the cure for the things in life that hurt us; as it slows us down long enough to evaluate what and who is important.

When pain knocks on your door, let it in, sit with it. Let it show you what it wants you to see, to learn or to grow into.

Pain always, ALWAYS, brings with it opportunities for transformation. Opportunities to wrap yourself in your cocoon, and when you’re ready, to emerge with greater clarity about who you are, what’s important, why you’re here and how you want to live, love, play and BE.

Pain can be a beautiful teacher. Don’t waste your pain on “the pain” use this opportunity as a stepping stone to chart the next chapter of your journey.

Your pain will hurt you, it will also help, heal and lead you.

TO’K ~ 🌹❤️