Tag: Spiritual

The age-of-grace~

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey

As the age-of-grace settles in and our hearts soften, we begin to see life through the warmth of our authentic selves, and see life for how she is supposed to be;

~gentle 

~compassionate

~loving

and 

~simple

We begin to remember the loving little souls we were, before the outside world got its messy hands on us and pushed us off our path.

This latter stage of life, when the wisdom and experience we’ve acquired over decades is firmly planted, might be the most beautiful stage of life as we begin to see things as they really are. We shine brighter, letting go of the regrets, the fears, the behaviours, and material possessions that have weighed us down. 

And, although our physical beauty may begin to fade, there’s a new beauty that blossoms, one that whispers a loving caution to those who follow, urging them to let go and live with lighter hearts and tender souls.

But like “us”, the ones who follow, must live their learning, and, if they’re lucky, they too will reach this gentle point in life when they look back and realize they made life too hard, too complicated, perhaps too angry, too chaotic and too cluttered, and, they’ll realize, it didn’t have to be this way.

On any day, in any moment, we can decide to live gently, compassionately, simply and shine brighter than we ever have. Because one day we all reach an age-of- grace where we look back and wish we had.

Toni O’Keeffe🔆

We all grow into who we are meant to be~

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey

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

Perfect souls~

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey

See these two perfect, little souls?
They might be destined to be the best of friends and love each for the rest of their lives, until somebody tells them not to.

We’re born as loving, kind, compassionate beings. We come into the world wired for authentic soul-to-soul connections and a natural curiously about our differences, we’re not born to fear them.

Society teaches us how to judge, hate, fear, shun and mock others. But, that’s not who we are. We’re born to be better than that, so, let’s BE better than that.

Toni O’Keeffe🌹❤️

The family~

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey

Once upon a time, there was a family of 7.2 billion people running around their little blue village trying to change each other and beat each other up. No one really knew why.

Each new generation picked up where the generation before had left off, mocking, shunning, shaming, judging and attacking their family for their different beliefs, social status, gender, sexual orientation, alliances, traditions, looks and well, just about anything.

While they could have been building a beautiful village together and caring for one another, instead, they wasted time blowing things up, destroying the village, hurting each other, even going to war with each other over their differences.

Then one day a group of children within the village decided “this is dumb” we’re not playing like this anymore. And they didn’t, and over a few generations the family began to heal.

They still had disagreements, but now they worked through them with curiosity and without judgment or causing each other significant harm.

Soon the family began to realize they were supposed to be different. It was their differences that made them stronger, healthier and collectively wiser. They saw that when they lifted each other up, and listen to each other‘s perspectives, they achieved more together then they did apart.

No, they did not all live “happily ever after”, but they did survive and live “better ever after.”

That’s it.
The End~

**I don’t want to look like you, be like you, think like you, have the same hopes, dreams or goals as you. Those things belong to you, those things are a part of your journey.

The only thing we should be the same at, is accepting and loving each other as we are; and, embracing the notion that; ~we’re supposed to be different, it’s our differences that give us our collective strength and collective beauty.

I’m gonna’ love your beautiful, messy, weird, little, soul, just the way it is and, love my own weird, messy, little soul the same way.

Love Toni ~🌹❤️

Home in the natural world ~

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey

Every day the natural world shows us how to cooperate, how to thrive and how to embrace change when it arrives.

She serves as a beautiful classroom in our quest to understand our own humanity. By observing her, we’re gifted with the secrets to our own existence.

She reminds us that every living thing is a beautiful miracle, lending purpose and value to all other living things.

She shows us what being patient, mindful and resilient really looks like.

She is absolutely selfless and provides us with everything, including the air, water, food, shelter and medicines we need to survive. She offers us all this, and so much more, freely.

Our fragile human spirits need the natural world. She’s our respite from the chaotic, hurried world we’ve created. She’s our real home, we really should take care of, and visit her more often.

Toni O’Keeffe🌹❤️

Every ending

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey

There is beauty in stillness and in quiet, when the pace of all things soften, the mind exhales, the breath becomes gentle and worries fade.

I focus on a single leaf, drifting with the wind, towards the forest floor, marking the end of one season and the beginning of the next.

In this quietude, I bear witness to the most colourful and calming act of life, death and letting go.

Every ending is really a new beginning and all things that begin, will end.
And, this knowing, should be our greatest calling to live🍂

Toni O’KEEFFE 🌹❤️

Find your vibe

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey, Spiritual, vibration

Have you ever wondered why you’re drawn to certain people, places, music or art?

Chances are you’re in harmony with, and vibrating (vibing) on compatible frequencies with these things and people. Let me explain.

When children play, they know what and who they’re drawn to and in-tune with. They authentically display these connections through their words, actions, drawings and their raw untainted playfulness. As a child, I knew exactly what I was drawn to, and what I loved. In the course of growing into an adult, I forgot or unplugged from, these connections.

Over time our natural connection to things can become weakened by the world around us. To reestablish these connections, we need to tune back in.

When words, images, music and even people, resonate with us and make us feel good, it might be a signal that we’re plugged into a source of energy (a frequency) that’s in harmony with our natural human vibration.

Like-attracts-like, so whether you call this source; energy, spirit, ego, intuition, divinity, soul or another name, this entity recognizes the frequency you’re in harmony with and guides you towards it.

If you want to amplify your connection to your source, try;

[ ] Going into nature where the sounds of our modern world are muffled and the vibrations of nature are in harmony with our bodies and minds. Close your eyes, listen and feel.

[ ] Meditation/prayer; will help quiet your mind so you can feel and hear more clearly and tune into your source.

[ ] Listen to music, wander through an art gallery or read inspirational content, then be aware of the emotions and the sense of connection resonating within you.

[ ] Become playful again. Paint, draw, write, build, hike, kayak, sail, garden or engage in other activities that lift your spirit, quiet the mind and nurture the connection between yourself and your source.

[ ] Find your tribe. Just like the sounds flowing from the strings on a violin can be in-tune with the keys of a piano, so can we be in-tune with some people or, create horrible noise with others. So, find the ones you’re in-tune with.

[ ] While alcohol or drugs, might make us feel good temporally, these things can numb our natural vibrations, alter brain structure and function, making it harder to connect to the things we’re naturally in harmony with.

If you’re struggling, find the source(s) of energy that feel good. You might find it in a person, a forest, a piece of music or another creative outlet that plugs you into your flow and brings balance and harmony into your life.

**Attempts to plug into your source WILL NOT cause electrocution, dry mouth, hair loss, cramps, fever, diarrhea, sore eyes, acne, weight gain, constipation or ED. No renewal prescription is required. 😁

Toni O’KEEFFE ~🌹❤️

Not all empty spaces need to be filled~

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in empty spaces, follow your path, growth, happiness, healing, joy, kindness, letting go, life challenges, Life Journey, Personal Growth, Spiritual, Toni O’Keeffe, wisdom, Wisdom, Life Journey,

From time-to-time many of us feel an emptiness, a lacking or void we think we need to fill in order to be happy.

We exhaust ourselves chasing happiness, chasing love, searching for meaning, chasing more of this or more of that, buying stuff to try and fill the emptiness or the sense of “lacking” in our lives.

Trying to fill this emptiness with material possessions, temporary companionship, drugs, alcohol, and busyness, almost never works. These things might mask what’s going on beneath the surface for a short period of time, but, they rarely lead to sustained fulfillment.

Perhaps this sense of emptiness is not something that needs to be filled, but something that needs to be FELT.

Perhaps this space within the ether of our chaotic human mind, is actually a waiting room that’s meant to be left wide-open, allowing old feelings, attitudes and pain to leave, and new feelings, thoughts and peace to arrive. A space we visit to lance our wounds, release our tears and the stifled ache of pent-up grief, pain, loneliness, remorse or sadness until we understand “it” and find the lesson in “it”. A space to purge the ugliness of what’s hurt us in the past and let “it” go – creating space for new things, new purpose, new meaning, to arrive. A space where we push the darkness out, and let the light in.

When the ache of emptiness or lacking creeps in, rather than trying to fill it, try to feel it. Take a walk, exercise, journal, open up and start talking to someone, go into nature, sit quietly and meditate. It doesn’t matter which path you take to get to this space, what matters is that you arrive, and when you do, you ask your pain what it’s trying to teach you. Then listen, feel, and release the things that no longer serve you or bring you peace. The answer(s) may not come right away. You may need to visit this space several times. When the answers begin to arrive, thank your pain for the lessons, then let it go. As it leaves, visualize new energy, new purpose, new feelings of wellness and hopefulness arrive. Then go out and live this one beautiful life you’ve been given.

This concept may sound abstract, however, if you’ve been feeling the ache of emptiness within, and what you’ve been doing to fill the void has not been working, what have you got to lose? other than the ache of the emptiness that haunts you.

Perhaps not all empty spaces are meant to be filled, perhaps they’re meant to be felt.

Toni O’KEEFFE~🌹❤️

When life knocks you down, stay there for awhile

by The Whimsey Angel, posted in Life Journey

When life knocks you down,
stay there for awhile.
Catch your breath,
rest, look up at the sky,
gaze at the clouds,
the birds, the stars,
the moon, whatever’s
up there, and know,
this thing that knocked
you down, is only a
lesson along a path that
leads to something better.

What happens to us,
doesn’t determine
who we are. So rest.
When you’re ready,
carry on knowing
this lesson is now
behind you.

Toni O’KEEFFE ~🌹❤️