Maria Shriver, Part 2: Forgiveness, Love and the Truth

Oprah's Super Soul

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Oprah continues her conversation with Maria Shriver as the journalist, producer and author shares more from her number one New York Times best-selling book "I've Been Thinking...: Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life." Maria explains why she chooses to "see the good" and what it means to reclaim your personal power. "Lately," she says, "I've been choosing to widen my gaze beyond the daily news I consume and seek out the good -- the light, the love and the truth -- that's shining through the cracks." Oprah also asks the former first lady of California whether she will ever run for political office.

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of
0:07.6	the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:16.1	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:23.1	now.
0:24.8	Welcome to part two of our conversation.
0:27.6	I love the chapter. I'm looking for the light in the cracks.
0:30.4	Yeah. That's a great Leonard Cohen song.
0:32.8	Yeah. I love that. Yeah.
0:34.5	As the noise of the news continues to get louder, meaner, more confusing.
0:38.7	Isn't it more than we can?
0:40.7	It's unbelievable. They do.
0:42.7	What people say to one another. And actually, I mean, since I grew up in politics my whole
0:49.0	life, I've never heard a political leader use the language that this president uses about
0:55.5	other individuals. I mean, the name, calling. And I think that's challenging to people
1:01.1	who are trying to parent.
1:02.6	It is.
1:03.6	Because, yeah, and who are trying to have, how do you have any kind of discourse when the
1:08.9	leader of your nation is using, like really juvenile names to call people?
1:15.2	Yeah.
1:16.2	Yeah.
1:17.2	So, it's more confusing, more divisive, more violent, and more heartbreaking, you say.
1:21.0	And I've found myself trying to look for the cracks in between. And lately, I've been
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