Oh Oprah!

At the risk of sounding cheesy I have to declare my admiration for Oprah. She's real and juicy. I loved her "what I know for sure" article in her November O magazine. Here are her top 20 things she knows for sure, I was inspired by it. I hope someone else is!

1. What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what.
2. You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.
3. Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.
4. When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.
5. Worrying is wasted time. Use the same energy for doing something about whatever worries you.
6. What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe.
7. If the only prayer you ever say is thank you, that will be enough.
8. The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.
9. Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction.
10. If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart.
11. Trust your instincts, intuition doesn't lie.
12. Love yourself and then learn to extend that love to others in every encounter.
13. Let passion drive your profession.
14. Find a way to get paid for doing what you love. Then every paycheck will be a bonus.
15. Love doesn't hurt, it really feels good.
16. Every day brings a chance to start over.
17. Being a mother is the hardest job on earth. Women everywhere must declare it so.
18 Doubt means don't. Don't move. Don't answer. Don't rush forward.
19. When you don't know what to do, get still. The answer will come.
20. "Trouble don't last always" (A line from a negro spiritual)

I actually teared up typing some of those! I'm having problems keeping a positive outlook right now. Micheal was just laid off from a job that he loved and paid him very VERY well. And in this area, that job was very rare because of the high pay and benefits. Ahhh the woes of living in a resort area, everyone wants to live here. As a result, they make the prices of real estate sky high and the jobs pay very low. They laid him off the day after his birthday. So, we are in financial stress sent straight from the firey depths of hell right now. So, to my friends, please pray for us! I am actually throwing around the idea of us just picking up and moving to LA. Michael has done enough acting that, with his experience, he could land some good jobs. And my kind of jobs pay better in LA too. Who knows, maybe I'm up for an adventure!