There’s an
entire world
inside you
that knows
only peace,
love, and
compassion.
Spend more
time there.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
~ Peace, love, compassion
Tag: peace
~Where do you feel most like yourself?
Where do you feel most like
yourself? The place where your mind, body and soul meet to express who you REALLY are?
~ the forest?
~ your workshop?
~ the garden?
~ the ocean?
~ your book nook?
~ church?
~ the gym?
~ your craft room?
~ on your bike?
~ in the barn?
~ in the kitchen
making cupcakes?
This is your place of peace.
We all need this place to rejuvenate and remember who we REALLY are.
Go there.
Often.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
~Your peace belongs to you
You don’t have
to defend your
gentle nature,
your sensitive
heart, your need
for stillness, your
art, where you
find joy or why
you prefer the
company of the
natural world.
Your peace
belongs to you.
🩷💚🩵💙💜🧡
Toni O’KEEFFE 🔆
Your journey, your life
Your journey, your life. No one will ever understand or walk your path, better than you.
If you’re living, dressing, or acting a certain way to please others, you’ll constantly be uncomfortable and, unhappy.
To feel fully alive, you have to follow your dreams, set your goals and dress for the life you want to live, not the life others want you to live.
The most uncomfortable, yet necessary thing, you might ever do, is learn how to be comfortable being you.
It might also be, the most beautiful and liberating thing you ever do.
Toni O’KEEFFE🔆
Those unspoken things
There are times we must speak.
Even if we’re afraid, we must speak.
We must say; this is wrong, this is broken, this is hurting me, this is hurting others.
I don’t believe in this, I can’t accept this.
History has shown us that the repercussions of not speaking out, can be far worse than the fear we feel of speaking out.
Change doesn’t happen through silence,
it happens by speaking our truth and challenging the lies, the liars and their brokenness.
Sometimes silence is beautiful, other times it’s loud, so loud it can shatter our freedoms, our way of life and crush our souls.
Those unspoken things, maybe we all need to stand up and speak them?
Toni O’KEEFFE🔆
~The dream
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, 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.
Bees, butterflies, birds and bugs of every type, moved above, below and upon the tapestry all doing their part.
Rays of sunlight kissed each flower, and bounced off dew-drops, making everything sparkle. Tiny delightful buttercups dancing between it all, knit this rich bouquet of diverse colours, scents, sizes and varieties together.
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 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.
Then, I drifted back to this world, and woke, with new hope and optimism for our own diverse, and colourful human garden.
~ Stare into a wild garden for a while and you’ll see how life could be.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆🌈
What if?
What if we taught our children;
☮️ to value peace over power,
☮️ that a peaceful heart and mind, are stepping stones to a happy life.
☮️ that they can be peaceful while becoming successful.
Hmm, what if 🤔
Toni O’KEEFFE 🔆
If you~
If you;
- feel at home in nature,
- prefer experiences over material possessions,
- have a creative outlet that brings you joy
- view your health as your greatest asset,
- find the lessons in your darkest moments,
- nurture an attitude of gratitude, kindness and forgiveness,
- can sit peacefully without the need to judge or control others because you know we’re all on our own path,
…good for you, you know what we’re here to do.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
Focus~
If you focus
on the darkness
that’s what
you’ll see.
If you focus
on the stars,
you’ll see
the light.
Behind every
dark moment,
every dark sky,
every dark cloud,
there’s light,
focus on that.
Love Toni🔆
Time for a time out~
Give yourself a time out;
🔆to rejuvenate,
🔆to reconnect with nature and your authentic self,
🔆to discover the forest, the shoreline or the view and linger safely wrapped in the healing power of nature,
🔆to be fully present and ponder the awe of you and everything around you,
🔆to explore your purpose in all of this universal magic,
🔆to enjoy a sense of peacefulness and calm,
🔆to exhale the busyness of your human life,
🔆to observe how absolutely amazing the natural world, you and life is,
And,
🔆to be your authentic self and fall in love with who you really are.
Peace comes from those moments that have no price tag. The moments that allow us to refuel and remember who we are and why we’re here.
You deserve a TIME OUT. Take one.
Toni O’KEEFFE🌹❤️
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