My plan last night was to watch the Oprah Winfrey special on the opening of her new Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. Unfortunately, it wasn't airing until 10 pm, and I am in bed by then! Thank God for TiVo - and as I do sometimes in the morning as I am putting on my makeup I watch the previous nights shows - which was a bad idea this morning, for as I watched the Oprah special, there went my makeup.In anticipation of this show, Oprah stated over and over that this would be a great thing to watch with your children, and even if you don't have any - I think it is an essential to watch on so many levels. In particular what we take for granted in this country and at times complain relentlessly about, and I am speaking about our education system. Is it possible that we just simply have lost sight of what we do have and lost an appreciation for it - of course it isn't a perfect system, what is? Where have our values gone? Perhaps there is a course correction to be made in our perception, the perception of our children and our attitude.
This show is airing again on Saturday - if you missed it - there is another opportunity and I recommend watching, no matter how you may feel about Oprah - at the end of the day this woman is making a difference!
I called my parents this morning to thank them for every time they said to me 'eat your dinner, there are starving children in Africa'. What are we saying to our children today?
-Lori Brookes
