Be An “Oprah”

We look to our boyfriends/spouses/family/friends to tell us how great we are but this truth is as follows:

“You are the first example of how the world is supposed to love you and you have to give them the best example ever. You expect someone to show you your greatness when instead you’re supposed to show up understanding your greatness and allow them to celebrate it with you.” Lisa Nichols

I watched Oprah one day and the lady on it said that she had fulfilled her lifelong dream to be on Oprah and Oprah gave her this look and then put her hand on her leg and said, “Dream Bigger”. I think it’s great that folks want to be ON Oprah (the list of friends is long), but I want to be an “Oprah”, meaning someone who has lived 100% of their greatest self and effected lives in the process.

A friend of mine was told that she had the mantle of Kathryn Kulman last week and I said, “why not carry your own mantle?”

I don’t think everyone is called to a larger than life destiny, but I do believe we are all given gifts, talents and abilities and that we can’t always expect others to recognize them. Although, in truth, I’ve kept all of the emails of friends who’ve told me they could see me promoting my work on Oprah; sometimes we can use the words of encouragement to get through the growth!

Submitted by Shalom Cubbison From her site Southern Magnolia