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Fiercely Compassionate, With Eyes Wide Open.

By on January 26, 2014
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by Abby McDonald

I love what Iyanla Vanzant says: “When you see crazy coming, run to the other side of the street.” Every time I hear this, I burst out laughing, because it’s true, we must walk with a discerning spirit not in a judgmental way, but trust and honour our instincts about people.

Sometimes we become as what I like to call “overly polite” or loyal to a fault. We say things like, “Oh, but they were so good to me then,” “Oh they did this for me,” blah, blah, blah. We make excuses for other people’s actions. We choose to see our illusions versus the truth.

But the bottom line is……

“If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then IT IS a duck, period.”

We are all responsible for the choices that we make; however, that does not mean that you throw a blind eye to someone who is not taking responsibility for theirs. That’s their journey, their lesson and quite frankly, it’s just none of our business.

A whisper of truth, as I like to call it, is not necessarily a judgment of any sort. It’s your inner guidance system giving you a nudge saying, “Warning: turn left darling, we’ve got a slickster in the midst.”

Look, I’m a firm believer that our true nature is love and that we must see the good in others. In fact, it’s a mantra that I live by and is congruent in how I live my life, love people and through my message.

However, we are all on our own respective, spiritual paths. We must honour our truths and our instincts, stay the course and not become loyal to a fault.

Listening to the whisper is kinda taking the observer stance and saying to yourself,  “Ok, I see how you roll, I’m cool with that, but we can’t hang.”

The observer stance is far more empowering and less judgmental. When we judge however, we give our power away and become a victim. And, there’s nothing cute about being the victim.

A true Supernova Empress  is fiercely compassionate, with eyes wide open. She lives in the space of her “authentic self.”

She is interested in affecting people with her love but not allowing them to infect her with their issues.

She loves and trusts herself, so much so that she will set personal boundaries and will not allow anything or anyone to stray her off course.

For those of you reading this, please know that I’m not in any way suggesting that we walk around being paranoid, schizoid, or guarded like Fort Knox. Been there, done that! And it did nothing more than create blocks in my life and depleted my energy overall. For love is energizing and fear is energy depleting.

No, that’s not what I mean. I’m talking about taking heed to wisdom and discernment without prejudice of any sort.

What I’m imparting to you rather, is that you can still walk with an open heart full of love for all but stay true to who you are. I am talking about loving people from afar, but not inviting them over for dinner.

You are who you surround yourself with. You better believe it! Don’t even kid yourself or trust yourself enough to allow your energetic field to be exposed to toxicity. It does not serve you, your purpose or your spiritual evolution, nor will it expand your light in any way shape or form.

In fact, it will deplete you, dull your sparkle and you will get into survivor mode as opposed to thriving in your magnificence.

Truth is love and facing your truth is a form of self love although it often stings at first.

To be blinded by the truth is to choose to see your illusions which will only bring you hurt, pain and disappointment.

When your level of awareness expands, you will begin to see that you are safe and secure and divinely protected at all times. And so, your inner guidance system is there within you to lovingly support you along the journey and not to hurt you in any way.

I’d like to think of it as your second pair of eyes that sees beyond the illusions and keeps you on track. And the beauty of it all is we all have this intuitive gift that has been bestowed upon us. So why not use it and spare yourself some pretty, painful lessons?

Give yourself the opportunity to live in truth my friends, because it will set you free.

 

Sending huge love your way,

Abby xo

Abby McDonald knows what it’s like to live life fiercely and courageously. She started out her Career in the Financial Services Industry 17 years ago with the intent of becoming a Trader only to be fired to her dismay. Through a lot of soul searching she stumbled upon the Executive Search business 13 years ago, while successfully running her own firm for the past 6 years called Dynamic Synergy Group Inc. Abby McDonald has coached and interviewed many people over the years and has developed a love and passion for helping women to discover who they “Really Are” in both their Life & Career. Her latest business venture is www.talkwithabby.com a spiritually infused, inspirational site offering Life & Career coaching services as well as providing a platform for Advice for those who seek it.”

Stay tuned for her upcoming book entitled “Loved and Not Forgotten – A Journey to Transformation” coming soon, and find Abby on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Pinterest.

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