today, i found myself in small e.e. cummings type and sending a pep-talk to oprah.  life…how funny it can be.  anyway, i thought i would share this personal note…because there are so many of us that feel the same way about OWN and even more of us who forget about the small successes along the way.  if you do, remember “God in a Fortune Cookie.”

good morning Oprah…
 
i saw this in a fortune cookie…first i thought what a great gentle way for God to remind me to be patient with the world…then i thought of you and your network.
 
“Do not let great ambitions overshadow small success.”
 
remember in the past 330 days…
you’ve launched a network
you’ve finished (and in an amazing way) an epic show after 25 years
you’ve graduated girls and sent them off to college
you’ve taped at least 5 new series of shows that i can count – (Behind the Scenes, Master Class, Lifeclass, Lifeclass Live and Oprah’s Next Chapter)
you’ve  taken on a new job as Commander and Chief at OWN
you’ve spoken at trade shows, OYou events, given interviews
you’ve created a college level course and lectured millions of students…changing their lives
you’ve made yourself available to your friends and to the world…
all in a short time…you and OWN have done so much …your success is amazing and anything but small…but i know your ambition for it…but even more, this i know for sure…
 
OWN will be all you want it to be.
just give it time to grow.
you can’t rush your beautiful roses in your garden…
even with the powerful california sun
or the gentle mist from the pacific ocean….
just give it time to grow…
i can see the flower starting to open…
i can envision what it may look like…
and it’s going to be even more amazing that you can imagine.
 
i’m not sure you will see this…and never in a million years did i think i’d be sending YOU a pep-talk letter…but if I’ve learned anything of my OWN journey in this last 330 days…you never know what you may be doing in life…but always follow your heart.  i hope this lifts you just a little…by knowing that there are lots of us out here that are supporting you and OWN…even God in a fortune cookie.
 
have a wonderful WONDERFUL day,
 
paula
writer and Oprah student, www.theDailyOWN.com