― Ralph Waldo Emerson
As I wrote
yesterday, I was treated to Oprah's The Life You Want Weekend thanks to my very
dear friend Meg who won tickets to the event.
The event was amazing. How could
it not be with Oprah, Deepak Chopra, Elizabeth Gilbert, Iyanla Vanzant and Rob
Bell?
But the more
amazing story is this: My friend Meg has
been wanting to meet Oprah for years.
And she has put it out there in the universe. She also has worked hard at doing things that
would bring her closer to her dream, ranging from investing in relationships to
investing in expensive tickets to the event.
And, of course, meeting Oprah is on Meg's vision board.
At one point
during the event today, Oprah was walking among the people sitting on the
floor, which included Meg. A little
higher up, I was sitting with one of Meg's family members and we watched as
Oprah got within feet of Meg. We were
silently willing Oprah to talk to Meg.
The next thing we knew, Oprah grabs the hand of a woman sitting next to Meg and takes her up to the
stage. And we are thinking, no, no, no,
it's supposed to be Meg. When I see the
woman's face on the Jumbotron, I realize that it is another friend of ours,
Mari. Through tears, Mari manages to
tell Oprah that Meg is the one who should be up there because Meg wants to meet
her so badly. Next thing we know, Oprah
calls Meg to the stage. And there it is ― in front of us and on the huge
Jumbotrons ― Meg, wearing her tiara,
on stage with Oprah. It was a beautiful
moment.
For the
remainder of the event, people would point to Meg, want to be photographed with
Meg and even asked if they could touch her.
Crazy, but all true.
In the
madness and wonder of it all, two things struck me: Meg's determination to make something happen
and our friend Mari's kindness. Several
of us remarked that we weren't sure that we would have had the presence of mind
to tell Oprah about our friend and to make it happen for someone else.
"It was
supposed to happen for Meg," our friend Mari said after. "I was just the connector."
Her kindness
did strike a chord with not only our friends, but also with strangers. Several people approached Mari to say what an
amazing friend she was.
I am still
having trouble believing how the whole thing happened. Thankfully, this doubting Thomas has photos
on her phone. My favorite one is a close
up of Meg with her big smile ― and tiara― on stage. As she told me just yesterday, "Why do
people have such trouble believing that the universe conspires to give them
what they want?" When you add
generosity and kindness to determination, it seems anything is possible.
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