I watched Oprah's talk show intermittently throughout her reign on daytime television. Her interviews with guests quietly changed the circuitry in my mind.
I wrote this, then searched "Oprah" on the search bar atop this blog. Apparently I have mentioned Oprah in 49 of my blog posts. Oprah and I go back a lot of years.
I became braver by opening myself up to hear what Oprah's guests had to say. You don't hear some things until you are ready to hear them. I'm grateful for the times my ears were open to receive the messages I was meant to hear.
The timing of this Oprah event, which is a five hour drive away, is divine. I didn't understand it at the time, but I am going to be exactly where I was meant to be. Exactly when I was meant to be there. There is a whole other story behind that statement but suffice to say, I am simply grateful for the gift of not only going to see Oprah, but sharing it with a soul sister who means the world to me.
Here is the post I wrote when Oprah came here six years ago:
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013
My Oprah Moment(s)
Oprah is coming to Our Fair City soon and a friend asked if I'd like to go with her. I would have loved to go, but I couldn't justify the cost of the tickets. So I declined the invitation (but thought to myself "... but I'd sure love to win some tickets!").
Another friend forwarded an email to me this morning about a contest that one of our radio stations is having - to win a pair of tickets to Oprah's show. All you had to do was send an email telling the radio host about your 'Oprah Moment'.
I felt a little bit wordless this morning, so I went and searched my blog with the word "Oprah" and came up with 36 posts. I sent in excerpts from six of them ...
As I reread those old posts, a spark was ignited within me. Suddenly I was feeling more upbeat and ready to take on the day.
Oprah brought a wide variety of experts and thought provoking stories onto her stage. As I replayed some of these episodes that I had written about in my mind, visions of her guests and stories came to mind. It was not specifically 'Oprah', the person that I was thinking about ... but 'Oprah', the television show.
It was like opening a book and thumbing through the pages and stopping at a few of the chapters that caught my interest. It was a myriad of memories, thoughts, wisdom, inspiration and key phrases that resonated within.
I like to think that I keep a little morsel of that-which-inspires-me within me at all times. Simply waiting for something to fan the flame and bring it to the forefront of my thoughts from time to time.
Oprah and her television show provided me with many embers that are deeply embedded in my subconscious mind. As it is, with my day-to-day life.
Take a small moment and savor it. Keep the lesson and let it inspire you. And then carry on ...
That is the lesson that Oprah taught me.
Another friend forwarded an email to me this morning about a contest that one of our radio stations is having - to win a pair of tickets to Oprah's show. All you had to do was send an email telling the radio host about your 'Oprah Moment'.
I felt a little bit wordless this morning, so I went and searched my blog with the word "Oprah" and came up with 36 posts. I sent in excerpts from six of them ...
As I reread those old posts, a spark was ignited within me. Suddenly I was feeling more upbeat and ready to take on the day.
Oprah brought a wide variety of experts and thought provoking stories onto her stage. As I replayed some of these episodes that I had written about in my mind, visions of her guests and stories came to mind. It was not specifically 'Oprah', the person that I was thinking about ... but 'Oprah', the television show.
It was like opening a book and thumbing through the pages and stopping at a few of the chapters that caught my interest. It was a myriad of memories, thoughts, wisdom, inspiration and key phrases that resonated within.
I like to think that I keep a little morsel of that-which-inspires-me within me at all times. Simply waiting for something to fan the flame and bring it to the forefront of my thoughts from time to time.
Oprah and her television show provided me with many embers that are deeply embedded in my subconscious mind. As it is, with my day-to-day life.
Take a small moment and savor it. Keep the lesson and let it inspire you. And then carry on ...
That is the lesson that Oprah taught me.
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