Spotlight on Colette Stevens

Colette Stevens and I were talking this week via skype ( I love skype – she was in London, I was in Johannesburg, and the call was free)! 
She is a spiritual warrior of the first order, as you will see. I have her permission to share a story from her life.

When she was 11, her music teacher refused to let her sing a solo, she insisted, the teacher relented. When she got up to perform her solo, she saw her teacher, and she froze – then she saw a smirk on her teacher’s face. That event, being processed via her 11-year-old mind, was a turning point in her life.  From then on, she determined not to be in the spotlight, to be supportive of others who were in the lead. She made up a new version of herself, replacing the spunky kid who kept pursuing what she wanted. The new version of Colette was doubtful of her ability to rise to the occasion; accused of being pathetic, untrustworthy and insubstantial and demanded never to be in the spotlight again, or even visible.

Those who have had the good fortune to be a part of her life for the past 20 years or so, have watched her regain more and more of the original version of herself – someone who has wisdom; great compassion for others; and a well-honed, discerning eye. Today she is the next Training Supervisor (THE leadership role) for the More to Life Weekend in London, as well as one of our amazing More To Life coaches.

One of the last things Colette said in our conversation was that she wanted to contribute her song – whatever it was, whenever it was in her heart to contribute.  And as it happens, Darren Cavanaugh, an awake and creative being in our midst, captured Colette on film singing her song of the moment.  Follow this url to a YouTube posting to enjoy Darren’s spotlight on Colette – real, human, funny, and willing to be who she is in every moment – impossible not to love:                                                            

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=noMOukaoJLY