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Why Oprah Winfrey Is Not Celebrating Her 70th Birthday With a Party

The prolific mogul ushers in a milestone birthday on Monday, but reveals she decided to just sit, reflect and savor the moment.

"I had such pressure from all my friends to do something big, something special; to have a dinner, a party or luncheon -- or to go somewhere like a spa, a hike, a resort, or to meditate in Nepal," Winfrey admits in the essay. "So that’s what I've been doing -- going through old journals, photos, memory boxes, feasting, savoring, and marveling at the discovery, pain, joy, and wonder of 70 years of growing into the woman I am," she adds. I believe that there's something special that, whenever Alice Walker wrote this in 1982 when it was first released, it put something into the world that was deeply meaningful, powerful, resilient, hopeful, and I think that that message of forgiveness and joy is always needed," she noted.

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