20 things Oprah knows for sure...and I'm learning

In one of my favorite movies Life as a House, Kevin Kline's character tells his son (Hayden Christensen), "Change can be so constant you don't even feel a difference until there is one.  It can be so slow that you don't know if your life is better or worse until it is.  Or it could just blow you away, make you something different in an instant.  It happened to me." Its one of my favorite movies and one of my favorite quotes. I have been changing a lot these past few months...for the better. Some of it has been slow and some of it has hit me like a ton of bricks. Not to sound cheesy but I see the world a little bit differently everyday.

I've recently let go of a lot of negativity I had been holding onto for a loooong time. And the release has been so liberating (a future post is coming on that, I'm sure). I'm learning so much about myself. About the type of person I want to be. And about the world. I recently re-discovered these 20 things Oprah Winfrey knows for sure (from a back issue of O Magazine) and it really resonated. In the past 6 months I've had an experience that has taught me a little about each thing...

1. What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what.
2. You define you own life. Don't let other people write your script.
3. Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.
4.  When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.
5. Worrying is wasted time. Use the same energy for doing something about whatever worries you.
6. What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe.
7. If the only prayer you ever say is thank you, that will be enough.
8. The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.
9. Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction.
10. If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart.
11. Trust your instincts. Intuition doesn't lie.
12. Love yourself and then learn to extend that love to others in every encounter.
13. Let passion drive your profession.
14. Find a way to get paid for doing what you love. Then every paycheck will be a bonus.
15. Love doesn't hurt. It feels really good.
16. Every day brings a chance to start over.
17. Being a mother is the hardest job on earth. Women everywhere must declare it so.
18. Doubt means don't. Don't move. Don't answer. Don't rush forward. 
19. When you don't know what to do, get still. The answer will come.
20. Trouble don't last always.

Say what you will but Oprah is a wise lady. What do you know for sure?