Oprah Winfrey's School for Girls

I watched the ABC special tonight on the opening of Oprah's school for girls in South Africa and was so impressed with these girls. They all have lived in poverty, most are raised by their grandmothers, so many of their mothers died of AIDS and they have witnessed so much devastation and heartbreak in their young lives, but their hunger for education should make many students in these United States ashamed of themselves. We take so much for granted and so many students never live up to their potential and here these girls are, begging for a chance to learn, to grow, to be.

Oprah was struck by one girl's courage to ask the question: "Do you think I am good enough to come to your school?" What a powerful question. And as Oprah said, we're all always wanting to know if we are good enough; everyone wants validation.

God gave us all a purpose in life and I agree with Oprah Winfrey: this was why she is where she is today, perhaps why she never had children of her own---God has sent her 150 "daughters" to guide and educate, so that perhaps they might become the future of Africa.

What an inspiration she is; how compassionate and how unselfish. The world would do better to have a lot of Oprahs in it. She has taken her background of poverty, sexual molestation, and become a voice for the downtrodden.

For those who missed it, I urge you to watch it Saturday at 7 on ABC when it will be aired again.