Oprah and Obama

I feel blessed to have been invited to Oprah Winfrey’s home this month for the party she hosted in honor of Barack Obama. The day was filled with light and peace, a mystical experience that at once felt simple yet profound. The causal atmosphere that Oprah and her team created was the best. It felt like a relaxing family funciton or happy neighborhood picnic.

By some happy streak of good fortune, Oprah came out with Barack and Michelle Obama to stand directly in front of me and speak to the crowd as they kicked off the “official” activities of the day. As they stood several feet from me and took turns speaking for about an hour, the experience gave me an even deeper sense of their personalities. The intangible quality you can sense when you look directly into a person’s eyes as they speak with you. It was quite a moving experience for me.

To sum up my impression of Barack, he’s the one for me. I pray that he and his lovely wife will be in the White House in the near future. As for Oprah, as far as I’m concerned she’s an enlightened little angel of a lady. I couldn’t believe how tiny she is! After Barack and Oprah finished their respective kick-off chats, Stevie Wonder performed for us, followed by a most moving and inspirational ballad by BeBe Winans titled “Born for This.”

As I watched BeBe singing his heartfelt song for Barack and I looked out over the beautiful gathering of humanity that had come from far and wide to celebrate, I couldn’t help but cry tears of joy at the sight of everyone. Although the evening ended well after sundown and the sky was dark, there was great light surrounding the collection of humanity that had come together to unite behind a noble cause that day. For the sake of humanity I pray everyone across the globe can experience in their lives that kind of light, the light of hope and progress and freedom, now and forever.