my prayer was for as long as I can remember

God use me, use me, use this life, I don't know what the future holds for me but I

know that

there is a vision for my life that is greater than my imagination can hold,

use me

use me, what would you have me to do

and that dream that desire that prayer

brought me somehow to television

She's gonna learn that this life

will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so we can kick

you in the stomach

for getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how

much they liked the taste of air.

If we want to give all of our children

a foundation for their dreams and opportunities worthy of their promise

If we want to give them that sense of limitless possibility

that belief that here in America there is always something better out there

if you're willing to work for it, then we

must work like never before

To those waiting with baited breath for that favorite media

catch phrase the u-turn I have only one thing to say

you turn if you want to

the lady's not for turning

You might never fail on the scale I did

but some failure in life is inevitable.

It is impossible to live without failing at something

unless you live so cautiously you might as well not have lived at all

in which case you fail by default

each of us must truly be a woman in the world

we need to be as fearless as the women whose stories you have

applauded

as committed as the dissidents

and activists you have heard from, as audacious

as those who

start movements

peace

when all seems

lost

together I do believe that as part of

the American

mission

to ensure that people everywhere women and men alike

finally have

the opportunity to live up

to their own

god-given potential