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Barbara Walters definitely has much to teach us, Maria.

I think she also has two other pluses, Maria. She could get to the essence of a person and make that shine for others. If we show others at their best, it only helps us, too.

Thoughts?

Barbara is ahead of her times! I always saw her as an important figure. But she really should keep her personal stuff personal. About "audition", last time my friend recommended this, the cheapest copy on Amazon was $22! But I find it at a dealsite for $18:
http://www.dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=101666&ru=279
I think maybe now I should pick up this book.

Robyn,

I completely agree. If you only have the best intentions for someone and want them to shine, it will definitely come back to you.

Elizabeth,

There are many people who feel the same way. They think that Barbara Walters should have just kept that part of her life to herself. However, maybe there was a lesson there that she wanted to share with others...

I saw that interview with Barbara Walters and was a little shocked at how candid she was, but as you said, I figured there were things she thought people could learn from her experiences. One of the things I liked most was when she said that she has learned that getting to the truth doesn't mean you have to hurt people to do it; so she doesn't try to make people cry anymore. I'm sure she was half joking, but it shows that she's definitely grown over her time as a reporter. The truth does not always have to trump diplomacy and caring about others.

Barbara Walter's life was influenced greatly by her older sister and she's written a beautiful memoir about her life. I read another memoir of a life influence by a sibling that I recommend highly - I actually liked it even more. The memoir is ""My Stroke of Insight"" by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. Dr Taylor became a Harvard brain scientist to find the cause and cure for schizophrenia because her older brother was a sufferer. Then, crazy as life can be, Dr. Taylor had a stroke at age 37. What was amazing was that her left brain was shut down by the stroke - where language and thinking occur - but her right brain was fully functioning. She experienced bliss and nirvana and the way she writes about it (or talks about it in her now famous TED talk) is incredible.

What I took away from Dr. Taylor's book above all, and why I recommend it so highly, is that you don't have to have a stroke or take drugs to find the deep inner peace that she talks about. Her book explains how. ""I want what she's having"", and thanks to this wonderful book, I can!

There are many people who feel the same way. They think that Barbara Walters should have just kept that part of her life to herself. However, maybe there was a lesson there that she wanted to share with others...