I had my own "A-Ha" Moment during Oprah's speech. Rather appropriate, I'd say. I was so excited to be at O You and I wanted to share it with everyone who couldn't be there. I felt for the women who were disappointed at missing it, as I had been in the past. I caught myself snapping pictures, recording bits of audio or thinking about what to tweet, and I wasn't being present in the moment.
I noticed it as the little "whisper", as Oprah calls it, when my battery started dying in the middle of the day. Did I really use the phone so much that the battery's already getting low? Then Oprah walked onto the stage looking absolutely amazing. I took a few pictures of her onstage and on screen, like below, to remember being there. I caught myself being so distracted in preserving the moment that I wasn't actually experiencing the moment.
And then an amazing thing happened...My phone died. I actually laughed because I knew it was a small version of the "smack upside your head" that Oprah talks about. I was grateful for the reminder to look around me. I was having a moment that I had dreamed about since I was 10 years old, 25 years ago, watching Oprah after school while my single mom worked. So I listened, and I mean really listened, to what she was teaching. Because that's what Oprah does. She teaches, if you're willing to learn. Anyone who has watched Lifeclass can attest to that. More on that later.
What I learned that day I will share, this I promise. For now I leave you with something pretty amazing...A link to Oprah's speech at O You. Strength + Strength + Strength = Power.
