Thank You Dear Oprah

25 years of wisdom, laughter, tears, love, light and hope.

Having just watched the final ever episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, I am inspired more than ever to lead my best life.

Oprah’s love letter to her viewers, her heartfelt monologue, was an hour of empowerment for me.

I haven’t watched every episode nor ever had the privilege of being in the audience for one of her shows (even during her tour of Australia), yet every single year of my life, Oprah was there.

Now, myself at age 25, I have witnessed the end of an era where the daily dose of this wonderful woman will no longer be, leaving a hole in the universe of television. But because of all the good that Oprah has given, my heart, our hearts, will always be full.

This timeliness could be seen as coincidence, but I see it a sign. A sign that while the show has ended, my life has just begun; that it is my turn now to transform everything I have learned from Oprah into deeds, to service, to fulfill my calling and give to the world all that I am.

I have many dreams and perhaps almost as many obstacles. My life hasn’t been perfect and will never be, but the optimist I know deep down inside of myself believes that I will reach an ultimate happiness that will sustain me for the rest of my days. I have faith. Faith is a positive energy and it is that energy that drives action: the light we emit sparks light in others. Oprah taught me that.

Hers is a voice that people listen to. As she mentioned several times, it was her calling to be on that stage in a TV studio; through God’s grace did she never miss a single day to connect with her audience, those there with her and those millions around the world watching at home. She opened herself to us and her love we reciprocated.

I am thankful to God for sending Oprah to this earth. Through the adversity of this chaotic world, she saved as Christ saves, performing modern-day miracles that could only be the workings of He above. She was called to do so.

I hear my own calling every so often, admittedly I sometimes doubt it, but I know that I am being led somewhere. It seems it is taking me incredibly long to get where I’m meant to be, but I’m practising patience. I am also practising gratitude and as best I can, self-love.

As Oprah teaches, only you can complete yourself. Only you can change you. Via Glinda the Good Witch, Oprah says, “You’ve always had the power.”

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