Substantial Woman of the week - Oprah Winfrey

Who she is

Oprah is a media mogul, talk show host,actress, producer and philanthropist. Best known for her award winning talk show- The Oprah Winfrey Show. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century and the most influencial woman on earth.

She has been nominated for 53 awards, including an Oscar and has won 40.

Her Life

Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on the  29 of January, 1954 in Mississippi USA. Oprah was born to a poor teenage-single mother called Vernita Lee and she suffered in abject poverty. After Oprah's birth, her mother traveled north and Winfrey spent her first six years living in rural poverty with her maternal grand mother , Hattie Mae Presley Lee, who was so poor that Oprah wore dresses made of potato sacks for which other children made fun of her. She was taught to read and recite bible passages at an early age and was often called "the preacher".

At age six, Oprah moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her mother who was a maid and did not spend much time with Oprah because of her long hours at work.

Later on in life Oprah revealed that she was molested at age nine by a cousin and family friend. She got pregnant at fourteen but the child died in infancy.

Oprah was sent to live with a barber whom she refers to as her father in Tennessee and continued high school. She landed a job in radio and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of nineteen. And from there on she had not looked back but has continued to soar to even greater heights.

Qoutes from Oprah Winfrey

• Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

• My philosophy is that doing your best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

•Whatever your dreams, ideas or rejects, we plant a seed, nurture it- then reap the fruits of our labours.

• Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

• The essential question is not," how busy are you?" But, "are you busy at?" "Are you doing what fulfills you?"

Did you know?

That Oprah was named after the Biblical character "Orpah" in the Book of Ruth, but was mispronounced by people as Oprah and it stuck?

Life Lessons

1. Your background does not determine your future and you can be whatever you want to be in life as long as you work hard and well to achieve your goals.

2. No dream is too big for a person to dream.

3. Be the best you can be, no matter how little you think your efforts are today, it might be an inspiration to someone tomorrow.

Thank you for reading, have a lovely Sunday.

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Happy new year

Happy new year to you all. I hope this year to be amazing and wonderful for you. A happy year to share with friends and family. A magical year to show love to people and a blissful year for us all to grow in love, strength and peace.

Thank you all for 2014 and God bless you for 2015. Big kisses, stay happy.

The Eleventh Hour( Procrastination)

Most times, it's good to look beyond what is in front of us and do what we ought to do now, rather than wait until it chokes us before we try to cough it out. Using wisdom is an integral part of a persons life if they want to be successful, they do not always have to be told what to do before they do it and early preparation helps a person to be focused and well prepared for unforeseen circumstances.
Although most times, things happen beyond our control and we find ourselves in very tight corners not knowing what to do. That, is not your fault as you had no control over what happened. But what about the times we knew that we had to do something now, but we relax and decide to save it for later. We develop an attitude of procrastination and decide to work only when the dealine is staring us right in the face and we got no other option than to work.
Procrastination is a disease that not only makes your work less than it ought to be, but something that diastabilizes you and makes you miss amazing opportunities. Nowadays, I find out that students do not pick up their books until its time for a test or examination. They hurriedly read through an entire terms work in one night and expect to get the same grade as someone who has been studing for months. Most times they fall ill and are not able to write the exam, thereby failing and missing out on what should have been achieved.

Life is all about preparation, plan and hardwork. A person who prepares now for the future has better chances of making it in life than one who waits until the time is near before acting. Below are a few reasons why we should all plan ahead and not wait for the eleventh hour before we act:

• Focus
A person that plans ahead has focus and knows where he is going.  He has his mind set on a goal and is working towards achieving that goal. Though there might be distractions on the way, he knows what is in stock and do not let anything come between him and his dreams.

•Confidence
For a person to be confident about something, you know that he is sure of himself and what he has brought to the table. He has worked hard on a topic and covered all that needs to be covered so the confidence he exudes will be far greater than that of a person who started preparing "minutes or hours" to the time of presentation.

•Ahead of the game
A person with more knowledge and better preparation will surely be ahead of his peers. It's a fact. The farmer who has laboured day and night on his field will surely have a better looking farm and crops than one who slept throughout the planting season and is waiting for near harvest time to check on his crops. And will surely know more about the weather and crops and pest that needs to be taken care of before harvest, thereby having a more bountiful harvest than the lazy one. That is if he even has anything to show forth.

• Achievers
Peolpe who prepare early have a better chance of succeeding. Their hard work, determination and zeal go before them and speak for them and success is certainly their portion as they reach out to grab it.

So, what is that thing you have been leaving for the eleventh hour to do?Get up and do it now. It won't take anything from you, rather it will give you satisfaction, rest and time to think about other important things rather than worrying yourself over something that should have been done.
I know that some of us might say that we just don't have the strength for it now and that we'll do it later, but I want you to know that the strenght won't come if you don't get up from where you are and make a move. Just try it see what's in stock for those who work now instead of procrastinating.

Thank you for reading. God bless.