When I came home in the rain, Brother asked "why don't you take an umbrella?" Sister advised, "Why didn't you wait till rain stopped?" Father angrily warned, "only after getting cold, you will realize." But Mother, while drying my hair, said, "stupid rain! Couldn't it wait, until my child come home?"
"A phenomenal woman is purposeful and passionate. She is driven by her thoughts and makes her thoughts a reality. A phenomenal woman has imperfections. She is phenomenal for what she does with her imperfections; she is phenomenal because she is true to herself.
Here' Oprah Winfrey's commencement address to the 2008 graduating class at Stanford University. it's about 25 minutes long. To read the full text, click here.