Oprah: I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE WHO TAKES EXERCISE
TO A SPIRITUAL LEVEL QUITE LIKE ANGELA DAVIS!
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A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I INVITED ANGELA TO JOIN ME
ON AN EIGHT-CITY TOUR,
WHERE SHE BROUGHT ARENAS FILLED
WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO THEIR FEET.
AND I WANT YOU TO GET READY.
ANGELA DAVIS' SESSION IS CALLED "FINDING YOUR PURPOSE"!
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Davis: GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.
SOME PEOPLE ASK ME, "HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN HER?
HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN THAT CONFIDENT?
HAVE YOU ALWAYS KNOWN EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WERE CALLED,
CREATED, AND INTENDED TO DO?
HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN THAT CONFIDENT?"
AND THE ANSWER IS "NO."
I WASN'T ALWAYS HER. I WASN'T ALWAYS HER.
I'LL BE 42 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR.
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I WASN'T ALWAYS HER. I WASN'T ALWAYS HER.
THERE WAS A TIME IN MY LIFE WHERE I BATTLED --
I BATTLED DEPRESSION.
DEPRESSION CAME, AND IT TRIED TO SUFFOCATE ME
AND TAKE ME OUT.
IT TRIED TO TAKE ME OUT.
AND ONE DAY, MY HUSBAND CAME HOME, AND HE SAID,
"BABY, THERE'S A YOGA
AND SPIN STUDIO DOWN THE STREET.
IT'S WALKING DISTANCE."
HE SAID, "I WENT IN AND I TALKED TO THE OWNER.
AND THEY'RE WAITING ON YOU."
HE SAID, "IT'S TIME TO GET UP AND GO, BABY.
IT'S TIME TO WALK IN PURPOSE."
HE SAID, "YOU'VE BEEN CALLED AND CREATED TO BE AN ENCOURAGER,
AND IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO OUT AND ENCOURAGE.
THE WORLD NEEDS YOU, AND THEY'RE WAITING ON YOU."
AND IT TOOK SOMEBODY LIKE MY GORGEOUS, BEAUTIFUL,
MAN-OF-GOD HUSBAND
TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE GIFT IN ME
AND TO SPEAK TO THE GIFT.
WE GOT TO BE WILLING TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER
AND SPEAK TO THE GIFT.
YOU GOT TO BE WILLING TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE
AND SPEAK TO THE GIFT.
LIFE AND DEATH IS IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE.
YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO UNLOCK SOMEBODY'S GREATNESS
BY YOUR WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND AFFIRMATION --
NOT ONLY TO THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE,
BUT TO YOURSELF.
YOU ARE WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE AND YOU ARE WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE.
AND WHO IS IT THAT YOU SAY YOU ARE?
WHO IS IT THAT YOU SAY YOU ARE?
YOU HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT CONVERSATION
THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOURSELF.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WAS CREATED IN PURPOSE,
ON PURPOSE, FOR A PURPOSE.
GOD WASN'T HAVING A BAD DAY WHEN HE MADE YOU.
HE JUST WASN'T. HE JUST WASN'T.
YOU'RE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE. YOU'RE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE!
AND AS HE KNITTED YOU IN YOUR MAMA'S WOMB,
HE KNITTED YOU IN YOUR MAMA'S WOMB
FOR THIS TIME AND THIS SEASON.
SO YOU WEREN'T BORN TO FIND PURPOSE.
YOU WERE ALREADY BORN WITH PURPOSE.
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YOU WERE BORN WITH PURPOSE.
IT'S ALREADY IN YOU.
IT'S BEEN DOWNLOADED IN YOUR DNA,
THE CAPACITY TO BE WHAT YOU WERE CALLED, CREATED,
AND DESTINED TO BE.
AND, SO, WHEN WE STRUGGLE WITH PURPOSE,
TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT,
ONE OF THE GREATEST TOOLS THAT I FOUND, FOR ME,
WAS TO SPEND TIME WITH THE ONE THAT MADE ME,
BECAUSE HE PUT IT IN ME.
THAT'S HOW I WAS ABLE TO FIND PURPOSE.
THE ONE THAT MADE ME, HE ALREADY PUT IT IN MY DNA,
SO LET ME SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU.
LET ME GET STILL AND QUIET SO YOU CAN SPEAK TO ME,
SO I CAN HEAR THAT STILL, SMALL VOICE.
AND YOU CAN REVEAL TO ME WHAT IT IS THAT I WAS CREATED TO DO.
AND AS SOON AS I DISCOVERED THAT,
MY LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME,
BECAUSE ONCE I DISCOVERED IT, I SOLD OUT TO IT.
YOU GOT TO SELL OUT TO IT.
YOU GOT TO SELL OUT TO THE CALL IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU GOT TO SELL OUT TO ASSIGNMENT.
YOU'VE GOT TO SELL OUT TO IT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU.
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT YOU? WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT YOU?
AND IF YOU ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHAT IT IS,
I WANT YOU JUST TO BEGIN TO STEP IN PASSION.
WHAT ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT?
BEGIN TO STEP IN FAITH. WHAT IS FAITH?
IT'S THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR
AND THE EVIDENCE OF THE UNSEEN.
IF YOU COULD WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND JUST STEP IN PASSION
AND STEP IN FAITH,
IT WILL BEGIN TO REVEAL ITSELF TO YOU.
I LIKE TO CALL THAT "THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD FAITH."
THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD FAITH.
I GREW UP WATCHING "THE WIZ."
DOROTHY WAS DIANA ROSS.
THE SCARECROW WAS MICHAEL JACKSON.
Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT ONE, RIGHT? Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT ONE?
AND WHEN THEY BEGAN TO SEE THE BRICKS --
I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS SCENE.
THEY WOULD BEGIN TO SEE THE BRICKS
AND THEY WOULD JUST TAKE ONE STEP.
AND THEN THEY WOULD TAKE ANOTHER STEP,
AND ANOTHER BRICK WOULD REVEAL ITSELF.
SO, AS WE STEP IN PASSION, A BRICK WILL SHOW UP.
AS WE STEP IN FAITH, A BRICK WILL SHOW UP.
AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
THAT YELLOW BRICK ROAD STARTS TO REVEAL ITSELF.
AND YOU JUST GETS TO SKIPPIN', IN PURPOSE.
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SKIPPIN' IN PURPOSE.
THAT'S CALLED THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD FAITH!
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SO, I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.
YOU WERE CREATED IN PURPOSE,
ON PURPOSE, FOR A PURPOSE.
IT'S ALREADY IN YOU.
THAT VISION THAT YOU HAD FOR YOUR LIFE,
THAT DREAM THAT YOU HAD FOR YOUR LIFE --
THAT DREAM IS VALID.
AND THAT VISION -- HE WOULD HAVE NEVER ALLOWED YOU
TO SEE IT IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU.
SO, I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO WHOLEHEARTEDLY WALK IN THE PURPOSE
THAT THE FATHER HAS ALREADY PUT IN YOU.
I LOVE YOU SO MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH!
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GO GET IT!
-WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! -GETS TO SKIPPIN'.
ANGELA DAVIS!
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THANK YOU!