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🔆
Wow! You are unlike anything else in the entire universe. A billion beautiful things had to line up so you could be here living this life.
Just the right amount of star dust landing in the same place, then generations of your ancestors making decisions and taking tiny steps that led to the creation of you! You really are something special!
There’s a spark in you that holds your purpose and potential!! It’s the magic that makes you authentically you.
Light that thing up !!
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
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 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🔆
We all twinkle a little brighter, when we’re sharing our gifts, shining our lights, and, doing what we love.
There’s nothing more beautiful than you, laughing, feeling, connecting, discovering, growing and sharing your music, your art, your words, your light, your love and your beautiful heart and soul with the world.
So twinkle, twinkle you beautiful little stars, twinkle on 🌟
Toni O’KEEFFE 🔆
She began as a trickle. As she started to flow in harmony with her environment, she acquired experience that made her stronger, mightier and wiser. She now understood her purpose.
She knew she was a unique and beautiful part of a larger interconnected system, that worked beautifully when everyone did their part.
This wisdom allowed her to trust the pull of the flow, to have faith in her journey and, to enjoy the ride.
“She”, is a raindrop. When she fell from the sky, she had no idea where she would land, which field she might help grow, which river, stream, or lake she might become a part of, but, she did know, that eventually, she would become a part of the larger, more beautiful ocean and, that knowing, allowed her to surrender, accept and be grateful for everything she met along the way.
We’re all tiny raindrops that fell from the sky, having no idea where we would land, who would land beside us or where our paths might lead.
We’re also part of this amazing interconnected cosmic system that flows in unison. When we stop pushing against the flow, and instead, let it pull us, this life journey, becomes so much more enjoyable.
Enjoy the journey you beautiful little cosmic raindrops.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
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🔆🌈
To one man, the forest is dark, scary, noisy, uninhabitable and cold.
To another, the forest is filled with light, beauty, peace, offers shelter and is filled with warmth.
We don’t see the forest as it is,
we see the forest as we are.
Look for the light and you’ll find it.
Look for the darkness and you’ll find it.
Your heart and soul will wander to the places the mind takes it. A shift in your perspective can turn the cold grip of the world, into a warm embrace.
Focus on the light and the heart and soul will follow. Focus on the darkness, and, well, you get it.
Toni O’Keeffe🔆
When we’re young, we can’t fully anticipate the changes we’ll go through during our lives. Changes in the world, our priorities, our bodies, our attitudes, our beliefs, our tastes or, how our life experiences will shape us. We’ll stumble, fall, learn, grow and we’ll change.
Ten year-old you could never have comprehended the needs and priorities of the 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, year old you.
So rather than worrying about which path you “think” you should take, instead be mindful of outcomes such as good health, acquiring wisdom, being a good human and a good steward of the planet. Then, take the path that appears.
You can still cultivate your big dreams, recognizing the route to those dreams, may NOT be down the road you expected.
We all grow into who we’re meant to be. How we get there, is not as important as how we live and love along the way.
Toni O’Keeffe ~🌹❤️
~ art work created by Nino Chakvetadze
Many things happen when we sit quietly and do nothing. The earth spins, the sun shines, spring turns to summer, summer transitions to autumn, leaves change colour, the snow comes, it goes, clouds burst open to feed the earth, trees and plants pump out oxygen so we can breathe, and,
we do absolutely nothing to make any of this happen. Nothing.
Your heart beats, your blood flows and your lungs provide the oxygen you need to live this life, without you even thinking about it, without you having to force it and without you having to “want it.”
We accept these things, we trust the process, we even marvel at it.
The energy managing this system of continual transformation is happening within all of us, all of the time. It doesn’t matter if you call this universal force science or religion, the fact is, it’s there.
It’s when we resist this force, and try to “force” our will and power over things and people, that life, humanity and the planet fall into chaos.
Yep, I’m gonna say it …~ “The force is in you.” Let it do its thing.
Maybe we all have to stop trying so hard to force our will, our power, our greed, and our beliefs, over others and be mindful of a greater more peaceful force already at work ☮️.
Like they said in the 60s “go with the flow.”
Toni O’KEEFFE ~🌹❤️
The Whimsey Angel 