Oprah and Me

I just discovered how awesome Oprah is, and she's leaving me. Ok, I'm not the only one who's going to be effected by her absence every weekday at 4 pm, but I JUST started appreciating her bits of wisdom and advice! Ugh. I might be the only middle aged white woman who hasn't been watching Oprah on a daily basis, for the last 25 years. OMG, I just called myself middle aged. Bleh, that's another post, for another day....lol.

For Example, today was the day she discussed what she learned by doing the show. She reviewed things that she learned from Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, Maya Angelou, Special Every day guests, etc...And then she started talking about this young lady (her name escapes me) who suffered with the eating disorder, anorexia. Tracy Gold (from Growing Pains fame) was telling the young woman that she had to nourish her brain, and from there her disorder would improve...but this young lady said something very profound. "But how?" And she started crying and repeated the question. She didn't know how to go about overcoming her disorder, breaking out of her self destructive rut, and "nourish her brain." Oprah said she realized, at that moment, you can tell someone what to do, but sometimes that's not enough...you have to show them. And that's when I had MY own "a-ha" moment, of the same nature.

This was my Facebook status, after watching Oprah today:

"telling someone WHAT to do, isn't enough. sometimes, you have to take the time to show them HOW to do it, because not every one knows."

Yeah, I can admit...I have absolutely NO idea what I'm doing, in any area of my life and I have no idea how to break out of this hell I'm living in, on a daily basis. I've shut myself off from the rest of the world, spending most of my time in my room (in the basement, which I don't mind at all), overwhelmed with the idea of going out and exploring the area that is now my home, and telling myself that I'm not loveable because I'm broken, and my own family and friends don't even bother with me. I don't know how to stop, and I don't know who to ask for guidance, other than Oprah...and her ass is leaving in 12 days. Pffftttt...I wonder if Dr. Phil is available?!