Talking to almost 30 000 people over the course of a quarter of a century, Oprah Winfrey has had many – what she calls – ''aha moments''.
Here, from her very final Oprah Winfrey Show broadcast tonight on SABC3 at 19:30, is a round-up of the best pieces of wisdom that she's sharing – the things in life she says she knows for sure.
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We all are called. Everybody has a calling and you're real job in life is to figure out what that is and getting about the business of doing it. Every time we have seen a person on this stage who is a success in their life they spoke of the joy and they spoke of the juice that they receive from doing what they knew they were meant to be doing. That is what a calling is – it lights you up and it lets you know that you are exactly where you are supposed to be, doing exactly what you're supposed to be doing. That is what I want for all of you.
I hope that you will take from this show that you will 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.
We often block our own blessings because we don't inherently feel good enough, or smart enough, or pretty enough, or worthy enough. You are worthy enough because you are born and because you are here. You are here. You alone are enough.
When I started not even I imagined that this show would have the depth and the reach that you all have given it. It has been a privilege for me to speak to you hear in this studio, in this country and in a 150 countries around the world on this platform that is The Oprah Winfrey Show. What I want you to know as this show ends, is that each one of you have your own platform. Mine is a stage in a studio. Yours is wherever you are. With your own reach, however small or large that is – your family, your friends, your neighbours, your classmates, your classroom, your co-workers – your circle of influence. That is your talk show.
You can help somebody, you can listen, you can forgive, you can heal. You have the power to change somebody's life.
Nobody but you is responsible for your life. It doesn't matter what your momma did. It doesn't matter what you're 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.
You are responsible for your life. And when you get that, everything changes my friends. So don't wait for somebody else to fix you, to save you, or to complete you. Jerry Maguire was just a movie. No-one completes you.
What are the whispers in your life right now? What's whispering to you? And will you hear it? You're life is speaking to you. What is it saying?
My 4th grade teacher Ms Duncan was my first true liberator. She made me feel that I mattered.
I've talked to nearly 30 000 people on this show and all 30 000 had one thing in common. They all wanted validation.
Every single person you every will meet, wants to know: Do you see me? Do you hear me? Does what I say mean anything to you? Everybody wants to be heard. Try it with your children, with your husband, your wife, your boss, your friends. ''I see you. I hear you. And what you say matters to me.''
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