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Oprah’s Lifeclass Lesson 15: Notes and Videos from Joy Rising: Australia

It’s the end of the week and Oprah’s Lifeclass is reminding us to look for the JOY in our lives. Wake up…take a breath and get ready to fill yourself up with happiness. Feel the JOY and pass it on this weekend. It’s amazing…the bright light at the end of the week to make us know…JOY happens. Just be ready for it. Are you ready?

  • Case Study: Season 25 – What are we going to do? – Oprah tells us, the did not know WHAT they were going to do for the 25th season…so, what do they do? They take them to Australia. Looking for viewers for a long time…for viewers that it meant a lot to…those were the ones that they were looking for to fill the audience with.
  • Lesson: Focusing on the joy of experience, not material circumstances, will truly enrich you in every way.

From OWN: Oprah Surprises Her Ultimate Viewers with a Trip to Australia – During the Season 25 premiere of The Oprah Show, Oprah surprised the show’s entire audience of Ultimate Viewers with a trip to Australia! See what Oprah was thinking when she surprised the audience.

  • Case Study: Sharing the JOY with others makes it better – Share your joy and your experience and it will be more special than just having it alone. Then energy of sharing is circular. It always comes back to you in some form. Pay it forward. Spread the joy and pay it forward. Take the positive energy and help someone else expereince the energy. There’s a difference between thinking you deserve something and knowing you are worthy of it.
  • When you live with an open heart, unexpected joyful things happen all the time if you care to open your eyes and your heart and see and feel them. Joy is all around.

    • From OWN: Why Oprah Believes in Sharing Joy – Oprah tells a story about how she held on to the candy bars she received when she was younger until she could eat them with others because it’s always better to enjoy with others. She still feels the same way today. What Oprah has learned is that when you share the joy, the energy of sharing comes back to you in some form.

  • Case Study: will.i.am, genius… and wonderful soul – A key principle for fame: It didn’t mean as much to him if he couldn’t share it.How do you give back and make peoples lives different.Pay forward some of the blessings that you have been lucky enough to have in your life. “Dream it. Wish it. Do it!” If you can help…why not? Do it and change someone’s life…and it will change yours.
  • Even if there’s only one small thing you can enjoy now, fill yourself with appreciation for that. Find joy now, and joy will always find you.

    • From OWN: How will.i.am Saved Two Families – 2010, music superstar will.i.am came to the rescue of two families who were both just days away from losing their homes. He paid off both mortgages so they could own their homes without debt.

  • Case Study: You Never Know…So ASK for It. Why Not? – Two fans in Oprah’s audience, Will and Marcus, ask about Mariah and Oprah makes it happen. Life changing in so many ways…it’s a wonderful miracle…and saving their own lives. WOW…the way things happen…God definately has a plan…

    • From OWN: How Being on The Oprah Show Changed Marcus and Will’s Lives – In 2009, Oprah spoke with two audience members, Will and Marcus, who happened to be huge Mariah Carey fans. Oprah ended up paying for them to fly to New York City for them to meet Mariah on The Oprah Show! As if that weren’t enough, the experience itself saved their lives: Marcus lost 65 pounds after seeing himself on the show, and Will discovered he had a tumor in his neck and is now cancer free in 2011.

  • Case Study: Gratitude – If you think you have nothing, go back to your breath. I am grateful for my breath…than I am able to walk…that I am able to use my hands… Start with what you have and what you can do. Focus on the positive…allow yourself to get to the space of A good feeling…increases the good feelings. Start your day in a positive frame of mind and begin attracting positive energy into your OWN life.

    • From OWN: What Oprah Knows About the Power of Gratitude – Oprah knows that if you don’t have anything to be thankful for, you should start by just being grateful for your breath. Focus on the good you have, not the lack of it, because whatever gets your attention will increase the energy of gratitude. That’s how joy rises.

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