Oh Oprah!

I rarely watch Oprah because I feel like she is trying to take over the world, but today I was sucked in! What is with all these do-gooders out there?! I don't know if it is the wacky hormones due to being pregnant or what but I have to stop watching TV because I cry almost every day! It is truly getting ridiculous not to mention making me question my lack of motivation to do ANYTHING!

Today on Oprah there was a family who had lost a twin to brain cancer. The surviving twin was having a really hard time dealing with it. The mom took him to see his Pediatrician who, RATHER THAN DRUGGING HIM UP with ANTIDEPRESSANTS and WHAT NOTS, decided to ask him what he enjoyed doing, what mad him happy. He replied, "cooking!" So she gave him 20 bucks and a piece of paper and said "I want to see you in a week with a business proposal and a list of supplies that were purchased with this money." A week later a new boy emerged! He had followed through on his assignment and had found great satisfaction in doing so.

What emerged from that event was not only a new boy, but a real business venture called DoughJangles. This boy bakes cookies and sells them to friends, neighbors, his dad's co-workers etc and donates the proceeds to the charities that helped his dying brother. So naturally, Oprah had to feature this story and make me cry, but as always she had to do something nice! She brought in Paula Deen, the chef this boy idolizes most, gave him a $10,000 gc to Lowe's for needed kitchen appliances and is flying him and his family to see miss Paula and a behind the scenes look at how to run a business.

Why did I cry? Well, I have never really had to cope with a major loss but if I did I am pretty sure I would curl in my bed and want to die! I KNOW I wouldn't turn it in to something great! I would find it almost impossible to take my grief and turn it in to something productive! Let's face it, I am hardly productive now.

What else did I like about this story? The fact that his Pediatrician took the time to care, really care, and not just send him home with an RX! I am NOT saying that prescriptions are not needed, I was just astonished that someone tried to fix the problem with good old fashioned medicine, feeling good about something you are doing! Making a lemon aide with lemons!

Finally, the more I watch show likes this with hosts that give enormous amounts of stuff away, or do overwhelming amounts of good for the world, I realize that while I may not be rich, or win humanitarian of the year I can still do plenty of good, but am I? No, I am watching TV and crying while others are! So, I am setting a New Years Resolution as of today, thanks to Miss O, who is trying to take over the world successfully because she just sucked me in, TO DO GOOD! It may only be the little things like letting a car go in front of me, or not yelling at C because he just made a mess or not getting all mad at B because he wants to do something for himself, or even just doing something as simple as a smile. But hopefully, that will inspire me to be better, to do great things and in the end make someone else cry for once! :)