This season don't get lost in making the perfect meal or become overwhelmed with all the folks in your house. Use this time to center yourself.

That's what life is: an open door to all that is possible. And that's a powerful thing.

Everybody has a story. And there's something to be learned from every experience.

I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.

Every story about Oprah Winfrey Network was that it was struggling.I literally had a come-to-Jesus meeting with myself to say, 'Lord, what would you have me do?' What I know for sure is that the only way to hold onto yourself is through a spiritual base - otherwise you lose it.

So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.

If you're sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward.