Why is GPF what the world needs?

Why is GPF what the world needs?
By: Nathan Breland
3-10-10

In this world, many people seem to be doing good. Many people do service projects and humanitarian efforts. For example, we have seen the tremendous outpouring of monetary support for the disasters in Haiti and Chile recently. However, some efforts must be more helpful than others. Let us compare different service projects.
It is better to have a more long-term than short term impact. It is better to make people independent, rather relying on the person serving them. It is better to not just give people physical please, but spiritual joy as well because spiritual joy is more long-lasting and valuable than physical pleasure.
The Global Peace Festival accomplishes these goals because it invites people to become self-motivated leaders who are living for the most valuable purpose, to build ideal families for the sake of God and the world. This includes the mission to unite all the faith traditions and establish a world-renowned culture of brotherhood.
The reason GPF can accomplish these purposes is because of its vision, values, and principles. With a clear purpose of OFUG, it goes beyond small minded outlooks and pursues the greatest dream of all that encompasses the hopes and dreams of all humanity and God.
Based on this vision, we share common values that lead us in this direction. Because we find value in spiritual happiness and value in serving others, we have a common base that allows us to relate closely as family.
To accomplish our dream, we also need Principles, which GPF emphasizes and provides. By sharing common universal rules we set the framework for progress because we are committed believers in not a binding and isolating doctrine but rather an understanding that all people can accept as common sense. This commitment to Principles will allow the GPF movement to overcome challenges as it faces different value systems in the world, because it is our cherished blueprint that we determine to follow.
By aligning to our vision, values, and principles, partnering organizations carry the culture of OFUG as owners, and this is what will bring about substantial change in the end.
This brings out the main difference of GPF from other organizations, we have a bigger dream because we determine to bring the family unit to order and thereby bring the global family into unity as well. No other organization has a method to build ideal families, which we have found: it is living for the sake of others.

Kim Yuna

People everywhere have come together to support athletes who have come from all parts of the world to participate in a major international multi-sport event. 2,622 athletes from 82 nations have come together to compete for gold after many years of shedding blood, sweat and tears. This past Winter Olympics, hosted in Vancouver, Canada, was the second most watched winter Olympics in history. In a matter of seconds, many of the participants became well-known all around the world; one of them being Yuna Kim. From the small country of South Korea, Yuna Kim made a significant impact on the rink, as well as on the world wide stage.
Yuna Kim was preparing for this moment for many, many years, and now South Korea was beginning to make a star out of Yuna Kim. She immediately became a celebrity in her home country. She was featured in many commercials and advertisements, but when she returns home with the gold medal (and with a record score), she will be more than just a champion figure skater. Right now, she is the face of South Korea, but what if she represented more than just one country or one sport?
A small island nation east of South Korea also supported a figure skater in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as well. Her name is none other than Mao Asada. She took home with her a silver medal, placing just a couple points behind Yuna Kim. Only four years ago in 2008 she was the World Champion figure skater and won many other gold medals all across the world. Not only is she famous on the ice, but Mao Asada has grown her popularity through the media as well. She is featured in many commercials and variety shows all across the country.
A survey taken at the end of January of 20,000 people asked participants who they thought was the most famous Olympic athlete this year, and by far, Mao Asada was placed first. A couple different survey were also taken asking the participants asked who they had the biggest expectations for, and it showed the same results.
To become more successful, Yuna Kim and Mao Asada need a bigger sphere of influence; a greater vision for themselves and the world. Using their skills and talents and ambitions to make a direct, positive impact on the world, they should skate for a cause; a common global vision, like global peace.
Yuna Kim is publically Catholic, and Mao Asada has been named a goodwill ambassador of Canada. They already have a greater vision for the world. Their views are global, and they are both currently famous on the world wide level. Implementing this vision of one family under God would put them into a whole new light for their contribution to the world.

-YT

Jakie Chan

Regarding the most influential people especially to me and to the world, I would have to say Jackie Chan. However, he is not under the age of 30, so I think of the most influential people now and I think of the Olympics. These are the greatest athletes of different nations representing their nations on the world level.

The first person that comes to mind is Apolo Anton Ohno. Raised by his Japanese father, he overcame so much to be on that world level. The persecution he received in 2002 for the incidents that happened in the Salt Lake City winter Olympic Games was one such barrier. His father Yuki Ohno continuously making him better and better yet always knowing that the decision must be Apolo’s to succeed and achieve excellence trained him. He has won eight Olympic medals and 23 world championship medals. More than that was his love in being a role model to others. He never grew up with any skating role models but strived to be like Muhammad Ali and Lance Armstrong. Now that he is influential, he is eager to do something. He has made appearances on numerous TV shows including Dancing with Stars and project runway. In addition, he has helped many services such as “The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria” and the Ronald Mcdonald house. Here is a man who is very successful and influential and has international and inter-cultural already within him. With all eyes on him if he can be a face of GPF and One Family Under God that in itself can inspire so many, like Pacqiou did for the GPF 2007 in the Philippines. Someone who worked so hard and became successful on the world stage, skating for One Family Under God can make a difference.

Just as Olympians must overcome so many challenges to bring success, so has Nick Vujicic. Born without legs or arms he has had to overcome being bullied, contemplating suicide, and being alone. Yet he found that he wasn’t the only one and found that actually he was an inspiration to many for being who he was. He has become a preacher, motivational speaker, and the director of his non-profit organization Life without limbs. Right now he’s giving talks on never giving up, picking yourself up, and helping other physically disabled. If he can also implement One Family Under God on his already world-wide influence, he can inspire people everywhere to a whole new level. Here is a man who is helping others neither for money or fame, but for God and spreading God’s dream to others can be liberating to even himself and even more inspiring to others.

These are both people who are currently influential to me and the world, and are young. If they had the vision of one family under God, there is no limit to the influence they would have on the world. Heaven will be able to work through them and bring results they have never imgined before.

-JB