No joke!

Chris Deutsch and Rob Foster from I Live Inspired have walked over 100 miles these past seven days in brutal weather and sleeping among coyotes to hopefully achieve a seven minute meeting with Oprah Winfrey to spread their message.

They left for Oprah’s Harpo Studios around 4:30 a.m. today and plan on hanging out there all day for an unscheduled meeting with the talk show queen.

I met with Deutsch and Foster last night for dinner at Gibsons in Chicago so they could tell me their story.

Deutsch and Foster launched their company I Live Inspired about a year ago after Foster completed 28 days in a treatment center for drug addiction.

When Foster got out of rehab, a friend sent him an inspirational text message with a recovery theme every morning. Foster forwarded the text to several pals and it had a chain effect. This gave Deutsch and Foster the idea to launch a company where people can sign up to receive a text message every day with an inspirational quote from a famous author or spiritual leader.

“I overcame a drug addiction and a suicide attempt and what helped me get through it were these daily calls to action,” Foster told The Boots Girls.

Last October the guys walked for seven days to meet the Dalai Lama and it worked! “Our goal is to change the world one text message at a time,” Deutsch said.

We’ll keep you posted on the status of their hopeful meeting with Ms. O all day. Even though you boys may have better luck infiltrating Fort Knox over Harpo Studios, we wish you the best of luck!

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