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From: "Oprah Winfrey" <oprah@oprah.com>

Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:17:57 -0600 (CST)

To: <chandler4824@gmail.comchandler4824GMAIL.COM>

ReplyTo: <oprah@oprah.com>

Subject: Next Chapter

Dear Friends of Summer and 2011,

Here's wishing you the best days of your life in 2012. I'm signing off on this email and can be reached now on FACEBOOK, a weekly update that I will personally write and Twitter whenever I can, and Oprah.com.

I’ve enjoyed chatting with many of you, but of course cannot respond to all. And enough of you have let me know you don't appreciate an email replied to ALL. So this will be the last one of those.

I've been traveling the country doing NEXT CHAPTER which premieres Sunday Jan 1st at 9 pm. Enjoying this new phase of just talking to whomever holds my interest and hopefully yours too.

On Sunday, I get to play with Steven Tyler at his lake side home in New Hampshire. Talking about fun stuff like "how do you remain monogamous when fans are greeting you with their panties on their heads"?

And can you be humble and still be a rock star, or is it all an ego game?

He was surprisingly honest and a hoot to hang with.

We're now good textin' buddies. (Only when not driving of course)

Next week I visit Lakewood Church, in Houston (with Joel Osteen). It ain't your grandma's service, for sure. I wanted to see why he has the largest congregation in America and his Sunday service viewed in 100 countries. Now I get it. The world is looking to be fed Hope!

Join me at their house, for Sunday supper.

Soon off to South Africa for another proud, proud day.

All 100% of first graduating class at my academy for girls have been accepted into colleges. 10% will be moving to USA for colleges here, so my mothering duties kick in full gear this year. With girls at my house during school breaks.

Never been to India, it's been on my vision board forever, going to film Deepak Chopra there for NEXT CHAPTER.

For each of you who's reached out in hopes of a response, I regret that I could not write a personal note but I do know for sure that the commonality in the human experience is a shared one.

Our journey is the same, though every circumstance is different.

We are all on a quest for Wholeness that comes with fulfillment and Grace, and a connection to something GREATER than ourselves. Whatever challenges you're facing, I know that your faith, resolve, and your Decision to get through whatever it is, is most important.

You alone are responsible for transforming your life. Which ultimately means seeing yourself as a human vessel for experiencing a deeper spiritual essence as a Being here on earth.

Every problem has a spiritual lesson. Get the lesson. Life gets better. Don't get it. And the lessons get harder.

Stop resisting what is. Either change it or find a way to move with the flow.

That is my new goal: to become what a Sufi teacher recently shared with me "A Feather on the Breath of God." Flowing where I can best be used in service to my calling.

So as I travel the world, and take on new challenges, and have days like all of you that rise and fall like the waves. I keep moving ahead, recognizing that no matter what the new year brings…all will be well. For this reason alone: "In God I Move and Breathe and have my Being" Acts: 17:28

Be Blessed Y'all
2012 Come on in!

Oprah Winfrey

@KnowTheAquarius, 30/9/11 11:38 PM

Myndalia (@KnowTheAquarius) 30/9/11 11:38 PM #Aquarius need to feel needed. They will always find themselves new situations to feel needed in, someway or another.

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The Next Right Decision...(by OPRAH)

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From: "Oprah Winfrey" <oprah@oprah.com>

Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:24:13 -0500 (CDT)

To: <chandler4824@GMAIL.COM>

ReplyTo: <oprah@oprah.com>

Subject: The Next Right Decision...

Friends of Summer,

Can you believe it's August already? "Hot August nights with the leaves hanging down and the grass on the ground smelling so sweet"...thank you Neil Diamond. I always want to play that song this month.

I am digitally, technically, challenged but learned a great new thing yesterday.

Please don't LOL, but I did not know that you could play music wirelessly thru the speakers in your house directly from your iPad. And can upload movies directly to your tv screen and the movies maintain their HD quality.

I still think that iPad is a magic box.

I spent my first full week at OWN merging new staff with Harpo folks. Alignment is the first step in getting anything to work. We all had a great week. Although if you saw my tweet, you noticed I could use some better office furniture.

We're working on new shows for fall. ROSIE's on at 7pm ET/PT. I watched in awe this past Friday as she sat in a room full of critics, (Television Critics Association) and made them actually LOL.

OWN YOUR LIFE (the oprah class) will be at 8pm ET/PT. Sign up if you're interested in having a better life at Oprah.com.

By the way did you see the show SERVING LIFE on OWN it reairs this Wednesday night 9pm and 12am ET/PT. Produced and narrated by Forest Whitaker. If you didn't see and can't see when it reairs...DVR. It's worth your time.

I've been emailing Forest all weekend. I can't stop thinking about it. It was really, REALLY good. And a tough subject. But opened my heart and made me drop a lot of preconceived notions and judgment.

It is great television I'm proud to platform on OWN.

@Woodsy1069 asked me on Twitter yesterday if I was "frazzled" by OWN's performance thus far.

Nope, not frazzled. And I have faith that if I do what I'm supposed to—allow it to serve my purpose, and you, the viewer—it will succeed.

Everyone in the cable business told me it would take 3 years. Some said 5. I've been here a week.

Lorne Michaels, master creator/producer told me months ago, "it won't start to come together until you're there."

So I made myself CEO and now in the trenches with Erik and Sheri who've masterfully run Harpo, now also Presidents of OWN. We're uniting and building our team.

I will say this; it's 10 times harder than doing my daily show. Doing that show felt like breathing everyday. Now I'm in so many meetings I sometimes have to step out and catch a breath.

But I see every challenge as an opportunity. So no shortage of opportunities here.

I know the same is true for your life.
My experience is a network, yours is whatever is calling you right now.
Get clarity. Don't allow yourself to be overwhelmed. Don't be defeated by mistakes. Learn from them.
We have a new motto..."The next right decision"...what is it?

Onward!
Oprah Winfrey

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Destiny's Child ~ Emotion
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I only need to prepare 2songs,but most likely only get to sing one. I'm thinking 2 very different type,so when I screw 1 up the other would be fresh. 1ballad&1pop. Can u help me pick?
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