Via Uno Shoes
I’ve long thought of writing about Oprah in my blogs. About what she did for women, her generosity, about her love for shoes! (I just have to sneak that in!)
The woman is just phenomenal, a role model for all of us. She grew up in poverty and with her talent and empathy built a fortune from a TV show with passionate following across the globe. I dare say she doesn’t just have fans or admirers, there is a reverence that people give her. Very rare indeed.
Garden Flowers - photo by Naoko Tanaka
I think once again, she shows why that is. Today, the news is all over the world that she has taken top leadership in the new Oprah Winfrey Network. She did not tell me her plans but I think prior to this, our girl has decided to take a step back and enjoy the simple pleasures of life, that probably most of us enjoy and take for granted: gardening, cooking, spending time with loved ones. You’d think with all her money, power and people falling all over themselves to work for her, that she could enjoy a looooonggggggg rest! But no!
She’s back on the saddle.
She said she feels “called to do it”.
I don’t know about you, but I crumbled reading that. “Being called” is something that all of us must have experienced, and for some, yet to act on. What are you called to do?
My friends, this trading thing, it’s nothing. Really it’s nothing if it does not give you the value that you need. I thought countless times, why am I in this trading business. It’s hard to do, it’s easier to quit. I surely can earn money another way. But, the value it gives me is the time for what I am called to do. Time for sharing my knowledge with you. Time to spend with my children.
My nearly 7 years old daughter said the other day: she’s the boss of her brother (who’s 5), and he is the boss of the baby (turning 2), and baby is the boss of mom. 🙂
Truly, being with them, unrushed, fully focused on what they are doing are the most joyful time in my life.
And I’m grateful I have a trading business that lets me do my calling.
** With thanks to my friend Paul Perez, owner of advertising agency Grupo Sorbetero for the inspiration for the title. They had an ad copy about shoes “there’s an Imelda in every one of us”. No need to explain that!
