Words That Matter by Editors of O the Oprah Magazine

Author:Editors of O, the Oprah Magazine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

“I DEFINE JOY AS A SUSTAINED SENSE OF WELL-BEING AND PEACE–A CONNECTION TO WHAT MATTERS…WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT YOU FEEL REAL JOY IN DIRECT PROPORTION TO HOW CONNECTED YOU ARE TO LIVING YOUR TRUTH.”

–OPRAH

HONORING YOUR BODY, TRUSTING YOUR GUT

THIS IS THE BODY YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN–LOVE WHAT YOU’VE GOT

–OPRAH

“Real beauty isn’t about symmetry or weight or makeup; it’s about looking life right in the face and seeing all its magnificence reflected in your own.”

—Valerie Monroe, writer

“The more you release your defensive, self-conscious inner critic, the more you’ll get smiles, courtesy, friendliness, all kinds of positive attention—not from everyone, but from most people. From enough people.”

—Martha Beck, life coach

“The body you’re born with sculpts your personality as intricately and definingly as any life experience. For nearly eighteen years, my six-feet-seven-inches-ness made me shy, elusive, and vigilantly self-conscious…Twenty-five years later, I love being tall. What could be cooler? It’s my pleasure to grab soup or cashews on high shelves for mothers in supermarkets. I like the fact that my kids won’t ever lose me in a crowd.”

—Peter Smith, writer

“I look at my very imperfect body and see its patches of history, like stamps on my passport. The stamps aren’t the kind of thing that would make me throw off my towel at the gym or be the first to jump naked into a lake. But like a good story, they remind me of where I’ve been, and the annoying and endearing people I’ve met along the way.”

—Betsy Carter, writer

“From certain angles, I liked my nose—still do. Some people would tell me, ‘You could take the bump off.’ And I would say, ‘But I like the bump.’”

—Barbra Streisand, singer

“Everybody has a part of her body that she doesn’t like, but I’ve stopped complaining about mine because I don’t want to critique nature’s handiwork…My job is simply to allow the light to shine out of the masterpiece.”

—Alfre Woodard, actress

“I’d never actually paid attention to my hair; I’d only tried to flatten it out and hide it so people wouldn’t peg me as different. It took a while, but as my hair grew, I began to appreciate how many textures exist on my scalp…Now I actually look forward to strangers asking, ‘What do you use to get your hair like this?’ It’s called Multicontinent DNA. Cool, right?”

—Angela Nissel, author and television producer

“I can’t say that overnight I stopped wanting to resemble someone else (or that I never do now), but I understand on a visceral level how deeply subjective beauty is, how wholly dependent on context, how mutable, how wide.”

—Elizabeth Bern, writer

“Whenever your gut is out of kilter, trouble awaits. Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult other people for an answer, you’re headed in the wrong direction.”

—Oprah

“The best we can do is focus on what we have the power to improve in ourselves, and when it comes to body—love the one you’re with.”

—Sara Davidson, writer

“Don’t get hung up on the size. If you feel bad about yourself because a 12 is what fits, take a Sharpie, and write ‘6’ on the label.

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