Oprah is a grand person, a big person in many ways. Her generosity is enormous. She has taught us. She has shared her experiences, tragic and jubilant. She has her feet on the ground and her head in the clouds where she gathers new ideas to bring to us all. We can thank her for expanding our knowledge and consciousness in matters of the spirit. We can thank her for shedding light on the importance of educating ourselves through reading. We can thank her for bringing family and personal issues that affect many of us to the forefront. That’s her specialty - shedding light. We can also thank her for trying to find solutions that many people seek in their battles with the bulge through her own struggles to win that war. But in this effort of hers, I feel, she misses the point.

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