A World View
From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white...
From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land...
From a distance we all have enough, and no one is in need.
And there are no guns, no bombs, and no disease, no hungry mouths to feed...
From a distance you look like my friend, even though we are at war.
From a distance I just cannot comprehend what all this fighting is for...
Lyrics from From a Distance sung by Bette Midler
That is the trouble with the world; everything is viewed from a distance. Too many of us view the troubles in the world from the comfort of our homes. Our TVs, often our only source of information, providing only a small limited snapshot of the suffering in the world. We are distracted from the global view by the suffering of a few whose pictures are plastered across the page and screen of every news media in the world.
Yes, we feel sorry for those suffering few, but too often there is nothing we can do to easy their pain. After all, how do you stop a war? As we feel sorry for those few our gaze has been turned from the pain and suffering of a growing number of people and other problems worldwide. Yet, what can we do? Until the world unites as a single voice the human suffering that goes on worldwide will continue. That is what United Earth for Peace is all about. We are about finding global solutions for global problems.
Ours is a worldview. We search for answers to global problems and then seek to apply the answers we find on a global scale without regard to race or religion even though we are mandated to respect local customs with respect to those people whom we serve.
Yes, we will shine a light on those problems that must be address on a global scale. War, famine, climate change (global warming), slavery and the trafficking, abuse, and exploitation of men, women, and children are all global problems that need answers. However, the answers we will provide will be on a more human scale dealing first with the basic needs of habitat (housing), food production, and medical care. Beyond that we will address other basic needs like education for all. Even as we search for and find answers for the basic needs of humanity we will become a growing voice that will not be quenched until we have found the answers to all the other global problems we still face.
