What I Know For Sure

by Oprah Winfrey

So when I feel overwhelmed, I usually go to a quiet place. A bathroom stall works wonders. I close my eyes, turn inward, and breathe until I can sense the still, small space inside me that is the same as the stillness in you, and in the trees, and in all things. I breathe until I can feel this space expand and fill me. And I always end up doing the exact opposite of screaming: I smile at the wonder of it all.

“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”

Being grateful all the time isn’t easy. But it’s when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you: perspective. Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration, moving you from negative energy to positive. It’s the quickest, easiest, most powerful way to effect change in your life—this I know for sure.

Here’s the gift of gratitude: In order to feel it, your ego has to take a backseat. What shows up in its place is greater compassion and understanding. Instead of being frustrated, you choose appreciation. And the more grateful you become, the more you have to be grateful for.

And I know for sure that’s what we’re here to do: Keep the giving going.

What I know for sure: The light in your life comes in, one conscious breath at a time. Breathe easy.

Spirituality isn’t something I believe in. It is what and who I am.

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” To make that experience as purposeful and poetic as possible is my heart’s single greatest desire for sure.