Oprah Winfrey

I belong to the body of God by all the names that you call that.

So my creation and being here, just like your creation, I don't think I'm any special.

I think mine and yours and everyone else who's listening to us right now is of this mystery that I call God by all the names in the universe that we call God.

And that you are a part of that.

And so you come from that.

That is what's supporting you and lifting you and guiding you if you pay attention.

And I pay attention.

The reason why I am who I am and I've been able to beat every odd.

I mean, my grandmother used to say, I want you to grow up and have some nice white folks like I have.

because they give you food, you get to bring home food, and they give you the clothes, and if the clothes are not too worn, the clothes are good.

I hope you get some good white folks.

She had no idea that I would be leading the life that I do lead with wonderful, good white folks who are working for me.

That's an inconceivable idea to her.

But I know I did not do that alone.

There are forces at work in my life that I've been guided by,

and led to that allowed me to come from literally a Mississippi dirt road, carrying the urine pot out and dumping it in the morning as a little girl and going to the well to draw water as a little girl has led me from that space to living in Montecito.

So every time I walk in a bathroom and I flush the toilet, I'm still like,

And I would like to say I would not take one thing for the journey that I've been on, even going through all these years of struggle with fat, because you're right.

It's also what made me relatable to people, being able to tell the truth about it and confessing I can't do it and let's try another diet and y'all let's try this one and now let's do this one.

But it's also recognizing that everybody's story and everything in your story is valuable to who you are now.