Oprah's Influence Will Continue to Inspire

   I have never spent a whole lot of time watching Oprah.  In fact, quite honestly, I've never really understood the whole Oprah craze.  However, I do know that I really wanted to watch her final 3 shows and so thanks to my new DVR I was able to record to watch later. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oprahs-last-show-delivers-highest-192626

   Never before have I taken notes when I watched a talk show.   But I did on Wednesday night.   And her words were inspiring and in direct relationship with why I do what I do.  Because what I heard her say was things like "you are directly responsible for your life" and "you need to discover your calling and get to the business of doing it" and "what is God whispering to you?" and "live out of the heart of yourself".  Now maybe her writers wrote these things, but I would venture to guess that on this her last show she did truly speak from her heart.   And as I told my husband, no, I am not putting her on a pedestal nor am I idolizing her, what I am doing is acknowledging her and appreciative for the many lives that she did inspire to be better men, women, and children and to influence others.  

   I have believed that in myself for years.  Through the platform of BeautiControl that I was presented nearly 21 years ago, as well as the church our family helped plant 13 years ago I am grateful that I've been able to become a woman of influence.  God called me out and I've taken what I do daily very seriously.  Whether it's teaching my children (who are now grown), or  teaching women how to spa and how to become self-employed and to believe in themselves, or showing women how to take care of themselves what I do is SO MUCH MORE than sell skincare and makeup.  What I always do is try to get into their lives a bit.  Sometimes I'm able to do that more than others.  Many women have walls; many women come to a party simply thinking that the consultant is just trying to sell them something.  Many women start this business and very quickly decide they don't want to work that hard and that they want it to come easily.  The same thing happens in bible studies and womens' groups.   Some decide to take the journey for the long haul; others throw in the towel quickly and go back to old ways and old habits and old narratives.  I'm always disappointed for them on what they may miss out on but such is life whether parenting, being a wife, or being a business owner.  That's where prayer and faith come into play as well because I am not the one to control (even though heaven knows I've certainly tried to do that way too many times).   Your will be done.........
   Thank you Oprah for inspiring me today.   Thank you for your words in sharing your faith in God/Jesus and thank you God for using some of the things she said on her last show to move me to some new action today because I realized that I had recently been waiting for someone to fix or change a current situation I'm dealing with and her words encouraged me to move forward instead of sitting in the state of inactivity and blame.
   May God bless you in your new endeavors Oprah.  You are a woman of influence.