Oprah Winfrey Speaks on Painful Childhood and Perseverance in Throwback Thursday
- Oprah Winfrey gave some powerful wisdom about making it through her very difficult and painful childhood
- The talk show host took to Twitter to speak about how perseverance and strength got her to where she is today
- Oprah also thanked Dr Bruce Perry, who helped her with writing her best selling book titled What Happened To You
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Talk show veteran Oprah Winfrey took to social media to talk about the hardships she's experienced as a child and where she is now. Oprah posted a picture of herself as a child and told a story about how she didn't know if she would make it through the pain.
"I could weep thinking that if this little girl knew that one day, everything that happened to her, and her healing, would help others find their own path," she said.
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Oprah said that she knows for sure now that everything that happened to her was preparing her for a better life ahead.
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The talk show host also spoke about how her book titled What Happened To You made it to the NY Times bestseller list and this is what gives her hope that tough times don't last.
"In all of those moments, you were building strength. Strength times strength equals power. What happened to you can also be your power," said Oprah.
She thanked the co-author of the book, Dr Bruce Perry for helping her through the process of writing. Oprah thanked Dr Bruce for also sharing his trauma in order to help others.
In other world celebrity news, Briefly News reported that Elliot Page spoke about why he came out as trans in an emotional Oprah interview. Actor Elliot Page did an exclusive interview with the media mogul Oprah Winfrey where he disclosed so much about coming out as transgender.
The 34-year-old Hollywood star explained that he felt it was crucial and important for him to highlight why decided to tell the world about his sexuality despite the reprisal transgender people have been facing lately.
“I was expressing this to people in my life much before posting that letter and telling people for the first time and knowing I wanted a moment to become comfortable in myself and to be able to get to that point,” he said.
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