blog post#2 an admirable person

I think the person i repect is Oprah Winfrey. there are 3 reasons why i admire that person.

First, She is a very strong wonan. She was born in the United States in 1954 living in rural poverty with her grandmother. She was molested by her cousin, uncle and a family friend in her childhood. When she was 14 she became pregnant, but her son dying shortly after birth. However, she never lost her sense of smile, so she has overcome all that difficulties and her weaknesses as well. As a black woman, she now is the only person in the world to have appeared in the latter list on all eight occasions.

Second, She is an influental spiritual leader. She hosted her own TV talk show which lasted over 25 years. Her talks motivated people to have courage and not to give up their hopes. Scientists at several universities even used an uplifting clip from the Oprah Winfrey Show in an experiment and discovered that watching the 'uplifting' clip caused subjects to become twice as helpful as subjects assigned to watch a British comedy or nature documentary.

Third, She is one of the most generous philanthropists. She created the Oprah's Angel Network, a charity that supported charitable projects and provided grants to nonprofit organizations around the world. Winfrey's show raised money through promotion of her public charity and she personally donated more of her own money to charity than any other performer in America. To celebrate two decades on national TV, and to thank her employees for their hard work, she took her staff and their families (1065 people in total) on vacation to Hawaii in the summer of 2006.

For these reasons, She is the one who I respect the most as many wonen idealize her. The Oprh Winfrey show has entertained, enlightened and uplifted millions of viewers for the past two decades. I think reading books once a week made her an intellectual talker, so I will do my best to read book anytime I can make and do thank everyhing I have now.

** Oprah's golden saying.

- Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life's blessings.

- I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.

- Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up havig more.

  If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never ever have enough.

-Turn your wounds into wisdom.

-What we dwell on is who we become.