What a week it’s been!  Wild weather here in Newcastle and I’ve been flat out doing readings and preparing to go to Dubbo this coming weekend.

I’ve been watching Dancing with the Stars, which I have to confess that I haven’t done so for a number of years!  I’m not sure how many of you watched that first show, where Brynne Edelsten was given a blasting and made fun of about marrying an older man and her inability to dance.

I have to confess, rather shamefaced, that I had a preconceived idea of Brynne, a dumb blonde bimbo who married an older man for his money.  But I have changed my tune after the humiliation that she endured on that first show.  Sure, she can’t dance because she doesn’t have the co-ordination for it, but she did what so many of us are afraid to do, and that’s step outside our comfort zone and take a risk.  Not only did she do this, but the media frenzy following it would have been horrific for anyone to go through.

As the saying goes “don’t judge a book by its cover”, even though she looks the bimbo part, Brynne has held herself high with her attitude and the way that she handled all the flack that she received.  How many of us could keep smiling, and being polite to everyone after what she endured?  Please don’t give me the whole “well, she put herself out there so what do you expect” kind of mentality.  Sure, when you’re in the public eye you know you’re going to get some backlash etcetera but what she got was above and beyond the normal!

What I’m trying to convey to everyone, is take a leaf out of Brynne’s book, no I don’t mean go and have plastic surgery!  What I think we can all learn is:

  1.  Dare to step out of our comfort zone, even if it’s doing something that we know we’re not good at, but giving it our best shot
  2. When faced with trials and tribulations of whatever kind and magnitude hold ourselves high and stay true to our real personalities, don’t let anyone tell you different
  3. Keep smiling, regardless

Thank you Brynne for an entertaining couple of weeks and for the lessons that you have shown, may we learn from them.

Namaste,  Katrina-Jane