Every time I watch her on the screen, there is something magical about her which keeps me enticed. The most influential lady in the world, the lady who have had made the most influential celebrities to speak their heart out. Her grace, charm, talent and continuous struggle in life has made her one of the world’s most successful entertainer and first African American female to be a billionaire. She is Oprah Winfrey. On May 30th 2013, she received her honorary doctorate for Law from Harvard, the speech she gave on the occasion was simply splendid and she kept every one truly engrossing.
Born in the rural Mississippi to an unmarried teenager, Oprah had her own share of struggle in life. Her parents left her at an early age and she was brought up by her grandmother in great poverty. She was in such a poor condition that she didn't even have clothes to wear, most of the times she wore dresses made of potato sacks. She had a tough childhood including sexual abuse. Oprah was strong enough to fight against everything she faced in life to thrive for success
She was influenced by Barbara Walters with her talk show. Oprah decided to be TV host. She started her journey in 1986; she continued her journey for 25 years. She hosted 4561 number of episodes until 2011; that is when she decided to venture out her own TV Network called ‘OWN’. During this period she interviewed many celebrities, common men/women in the various arenas of life. Her show become the talk of the town, she started influencing many people across the globe. Her show provided motivation and inspiration for millions of people across the globe to overcome their fear to become something in life
Oprah is a true humanitarian; she has reached out millions of people with many social issues which needs people attention for change. Whether it is can be poverty, sexual abuse, war, sexuality and so on. She has changed millions of life through her show. Oprah reached out to 50,000 poor children and distributed Christmas gifts in Africa, in 2004. She has contributed millions of dollars of her personal earnings to fight for poverty, AIDS awareness, women and children rights and so on. She has pleaded people across the world to contribute money for social cause.
In many Ways, Ms.Winfrey is a motivation and inspiration for many of us. She has reached to millions of people across the world through her good deeds. Whenever we watch her show, there is a true value of life which comes out. Every time when we watch her show, we realize there are bigger problems in the world then the problems we face in our life. However, we should never lose hope to fight against them, as there is always a ray of hope which comes after every struggle. Oprah, hats off to you for all your great deeds.
