The day before Oprah’s Farewell show, my mom asked me, “Alex, if you could describe Oprah in one word, what would it be?” I have to give it to her, that was a GOOD question (finally). So good, in fact, that it took me a whole day to come up with an appropriate response. At first I came up with a few words, but they all seemed too cliche. Like “Hmm, how would I describe the most powerful woman on the planet? Well, she’s….she’s amazing!! That’s a good word right?” That wasn’t good enough. Hell, I think Nicki Minaj is amazing (keep your thoughts to yourself) but I could not in good conscious put her on the same platform as Oprah. Then I thought “Oprah is the s***” Well she is!! The woman sends her whole audience to another country halfway across the world, tapes 6-7 shows a week, hosts the Oscar party and still makes time for her stud Stedman. I mean c’mon, if she doesn’t have an S on a vest on her chest, even when she’s a mess, I don’t know who does. But no, I couldn’t bring myself to use the “s-word” and “Oprah” in the same sentence. So I didn’t come up with a word until I found myself on the sofa the very next day watching the season finale. And it came to me. Oprah changes things. She changes people lives. She inspires people to change themselves and change the world. She is all about change for the better. Man, what’s the word for that…oh…REVOLUTIONARY.
That’s what Oprah is, at least to me, REVOLUTIONARY. I admire her because she gives me hope that one day I might find courage to help change the world. Yet I can’t imagine changing it as magnanimously as she has. But I would love to be a part of a revolution that inspires people to see the best in themselves and to use their inner power to REVOLUTIONIZE the world around them. Ok the end.
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