oprah winfrey recieves honorary degree

Oprah Winfrey recieves honorary degree

Oprah Winfrey said about creatingwise choices and helping others during a commencement address Sunday at Duke University, which gave her an honorary degree.She also had a personal connection with the 2009 class at the Durham, N.C., school. Her godson, William Bumpus, son of her well-known friend, Gayle King, was among the graduates.And the media mogul took the opportunity to poke fun at her godson - best pal Gayle King's son William - as she took to the stage to give the 4,400 graduates a commencement speech. During her 25-minute speech beneath overcast skies, the talk show host told the 4,400 graduates and their guests that "one of the best ways to enhance your own life is to enhance somebody else's" and to "stand proudly in your own shoes while you help others stand in theirs."She told her fellow graduates, "Will never wants people to know he knows me. I'm like his crazy aunt that they let out at commencements." She explained, "One of the best ways to enhance your own life is to enhance somebody else's.
"Each of us has to stand in our own shoes. Will you stand in them in humility and compassion and courage? Every day will give you a chance to make that choice.