Start embracing the life that is calling you

nu behöver min kropp vila, iaf enligt mitt huvud och hals. psyket är heller inte på topp... men det är tur att det är nyyy vecka imorgon, för det betyder nya tag och nya möjligheter. who knows, jag kanske hittar en svart socka under en säng jag skall bädda istället för vit?

nu på kvällen såg jag sista avsnittet ever av Oprah... buuhuu... är det något jag och min mor har gemensamt så är det Oprah. vilka ord som kan komma ur hennes mun. så klockrena. så på pricken. jag har klistrat in delar av det hon sa, ord och meningar alla bör ha med sig i bakhuvudet.
för er som inte orkar att läsa, kan jag sammanfatta det;

du är författaren av ditt eget liv, du är din egen plattform. du är själv ansvarig över ditt liv och din energi som du sprider runt dig. se till att leta rätt på vad du brinner för i livet. det kan ta tid, vägen kan vara krokig -men hitta ditt kall. du kanske måste gå långa omvägar -men tro mig du kommer fram. när du väl gjort det, orkar du njuta av vad livet har att erbjuda.
många gånger kanske du känner att du inte är värd livet, du är inte värd vatten -eller luft. du är inte värd något. men du är värd allt som finns omkring dig just för att du, föddes. bara det är ett mirakel. av alla miljarder spermier var det just DU som överlevde.
när något inte stämmer, lyssna noga. lyssna och känn efter vad din kropp, vad din magkänsla säger. om du inte gör det står du där, handfallen i din egen grav -som du själv grävt.
när du väl är trygg i dig själv, bli en trygg hamn för någon annan, deras säkra plats att falla. Anslut. omfamna. Befria. Älskar någon. Bara en person. Och sedan sprid det till två.

"Everybody has a calling, and your real job in life is to figure out what that is and get about the business of doing it. It lights you up and it lets you know that you are exactly where you're supposed to be, doing exactly what you're supposed to be doing. And that is what I want for all of you and hope that you will take from this show. To live from the heart of yourself. You have to make a living; I understand that. But you also have to know what sparks the light in you so that you, in your own way, can illuminate the world."

"Each one of you has your own platform. Do not let the trappings here fool you. Mine is a stage in a studio, yours is wherever you are with your own reach, however small or however large that reach is. Wherever you are, that is your platform, your stage, your circle of influence. That is your talk show, and that is where your power lies. In every way, in every day, you are showing people exactly who you are. You're letting your life speak for you. And when you do that, you will receive in direct proportion to how you give in whatever platform you have.

"My great wish for all of you who have allowed me to honor my calling through this show is that you carry whatever you're supposed to be doing, carry that forward and don't waste any more time. Start embracing the life that is calling you and use your life to serve the world."

"Nobody but you is responsible for your life. It doesn't matter what your mama did; it doesn't matter what your daddy didn't do. You are responsible for your life. ... You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others

"Dr. Taylor sent me a sign that I have hanging in my makeup room. It says, 'Please take responsibility for the energy you bring into this space. All life is energy and we are transmitting it at every moment. We are all little beaming little signals like radio frequencies, and the world is responding in kind.

"One of the most poignant moments I remember was in one of the first shows we did about alcoholism. We moved in with a family for a week. The mother felt her husband had a drinking problem, and it was destroying the family. What moved me the most was this moment in that show where the mother's being consoled by her 3-year-old daughter. That, to me, was the real picture of what alcoholism does to a family. And that was just the beginning. People started coming on this show saying things they couldn't say to their own family members. Little by little, we started to release the shame."

"I learned from the guests on this show, no need to feel superior to anybody. Because whether it's heroin addiction or gambling addiction or shopping addiction or food addiction, work addiction, the root is all the same. The show has taught me there is a common thread that runs through all of our pain and all of our suffering, and that is unworthiness. Not feeling worthy enough to own the life you were created for. Even people who believe they deserve to be happy and have nice things often don't feel worthy once they have them.

"There is a difference, you know, between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing you are worthy of happiness"

I would tell you that every single person you will ever meet shares that common desire. They want to know: 'Do you see me? Do you hear me? Does what I say mean anything to you?'

"Understanding that one principle, that everybody wants to be heard. Validate them. 'I see you. I hear you. And what you say matters to me"

"I could feel the voice bigger than myself speaking to me, and all of us have that same voice. Be still and know it. You can acknowledge it or not. You can worship it or not. You can praise it, you can ignore it or you can know it. Know it. It's always there speaking to you and waiting for you to hear it in every move, in every decision. I wait and I listen. I'm still—I wait and listen for the guidance that's greater than my meager mind.


"Whispers are always messages, and if you don't hear the message, the message turns into a problem. And if you don't handle the problem, the problem turns into a crisis. And if you don't handle the crisis, disaster. Your life is speaking to you. What is it saying?"

"It wasn't until many years later on a show with child molesters, one of them shared how they calculate and artfully manipulate to seduce children, when I finally realized, like so many of you, it really wasn't my fault.

"You all have been a safe harbor for me for 25 years. It's strange, I know, but you have been. And what I hope is that you all will be that safe harbor for somebody else—their safe place to fall. Do for them what you all are telling me the show has done for you. Connect. Embrace. Liberate. Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two.

"I won't say goodbye. I'll just say...until we meet again.