Yanga Spiritual Guide

A text for everyone who has lost a loved one, so together we can share our grief.

Something that was softer than a kiss, was your sweet sunny smile. He was without words but spoke the most beautiful language that everyone could understand. You never came empty-handed, you always had something to give; it was that warm smile of yours that made me long for you. I wanted to be that knot on your blouse forever, so I would always be very close to your heart. Your eyes shone lust for life, it touched me into the deepest love spot in my heart, where you did ignite a spark of holy fire in me, a little flame that will burn forever in my heart. Even when you'll not be around anymore, it will never extinguish. I know then I’ll not be able hear you anymore, though a soft breeze of the wind will comfort me and make me hope expectantly that you're happy there. You will forever continue to warm my heart because you've given oxygen to my little flame of love with your sweet smile. When the sun shines and I feel its rays, I’ll dream in mind, that you as my guardian angel look at me lovingly and reach out to me with luminous and warm arms. When it rains, I walk in the rain, I cry a tear for you, my dear angel, so no one can see me cry. But when the sun shines again, I’ll feel your warm wings around me, who like the sunlight, will never disappear from my heart.
Yours truly, William

Rev. Sun Myung Moon,

Ensuring Work Family Balance

In its fourth year of promoting the UN International Day of Families, UPF chapters in 70 nations organized commemorative events in 2012, some in more than a dozen cities. They hosted forums about local issues affecting families, organized commemorations in national parliaments, presented awards to outstanding families, and showed disadvantaged children a good time. Some forums addressed the theme selected by the UN for 2012, "Ensuring Work Family Balance," and others expanded the concept of balance to explore ways to develop a balanced partnership between husband and wife, balance spirituality and practical affairs, and balance public and private responsibilities. To read chapter reports, click here.
Alphabetical listing of chapters that organized events:
Kabul, Afghanistan - Bakhtar Institute for Higher Education
Luanda, Angola - UPF Headquarters
Buenos Aires, Argentina - UPF Headquarters
Yerevan, Armenia - School #194
Vienna, Austria - UPF Headquarters
Dhaka, Bangladesh - Dhaka Sundarban Hotel
Belarus, various locations
Cotonou, Benin - Foreign Affairs Banquet Hall
Sao Paulo, Brazil - City Hall
Chork, Cambodia
Bafoussam, Kousseri, and Yaoundé, Cameroon
Montreal and Toronto, Canada
Bogota, Colombia - UPF headquarters
Pointe-Noire, Congo - Hotel Hilary
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire - City Hall
Brno & Prague, Czech Republic - UPF Headquarters
Kinshasa, Matadi, and Kinzau Mvete, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Quito, Ecuador - Former Senate Hall of the National Assembly
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - A high school meeting hall
Helsinki, Finland - UPF Headquarters
Libreville, Gabon - Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation Center
Tbilisi, Georgia - school for mentally handicapped children and the Women's Information Center
Stuttgart and Frankfurt, Germany - UPF Headquarters
Accra, Ghana - UPF Headquarters
Georgetown, Guyana - Family Federation Headquarters
Reykjavik, Iceland - Downtown parade
New Delhi, Gangtok, and Lucknow, India
Jakarta, Indonesia - UPF Peace Center, KHBP Kebayoran Baru
Dublin, Ireland - The Lantern Interfaith Centre
Daliat El Carmel, Israel - home of a Druze sheik
Kingston, Jamaica - UPF Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan - UPF Headquarters
Almaty, Kazakhstan - UPF Headquarters
Nairobi, Kenya - UPF Headquarters
Nairobi, Kenya - Compit Educational Center located in Eastleigh (attended by Somalis living in Kenya)
Panevezys, Lithuania - with the NGO Atjauta
Kehlen, Luxembourg - UPF Headquarters
Bamako, Mali - Mayor's hall
Majuro, Marshall Islands - Marshall Islands Resort Hotel
Reduit, Mauritius - Maryse Justin Stadium
Chisinau, Moldova - Central District City Hall
Nepal - events in 15 cities
The Hague, Netherlands - Christus Triomfatorkerk
Parnell, New Zealand - Holy Trinity Cathedral
Managua, Nicaragua - Real Intercontinental Metrocenter
Niamey, Niger - UPF Headquarters
Oslo, Norway - Diakonhjemmet University College
Asuncion, Paraguay - Gran Hotel del Paraguay
Trujillo and Lima, Peru - Municipal offices of Trujillo, Peruvian Congress
Moscow, Kamensk, Kazan, Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk, Perm, Pokrovskoye, Ryazan, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg, Russia
Kigali, Rwanda - Alpha Palace Hotel
San Marino - UPF Headquarters
Dakar and Ziguinchor, Senegal - A school
Freetown, Sierra Leone - UPF Headquarters
Honiara, Solomon Islands - Rock Havens Inn Hotel
Seoul, South Korea - UPF Headquarters
Madrid, Spain - UPF Headquarters
Colombo, Sri Lanka - Auditorium of the Department of Education, Western Province
Marisule, St. Lucia - UPF Headquarters
Paramaribo, Suriname - UPF Headquarters
Taipei, Taiwan - UPF Headquarters
Bangkok, Thailand - Rung Manee Pattana Community, Bangkapi
Istanbul, Turkey - UPF Headquarters
Kiev, Ukraine - Malyatko Children's Home
London, United Kingdom - House of Lords and Chiselhurst
Washington, DC, United States - The Washington Times
Montevideo, Uruguay - UPF Headquarters
Caracas, Venezuela - Credicard Tower of Chacaito
Lusaka, Zambia - UPF Headquarters
Harare, Zimbabwe
In addition, the Penang chapter of UPF-Malaysia is planning an event on June 24.
A UN Report on family issues recommends that the preparations for the observance of the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family in 2014 focus on developing and implementing policies in the areas of reducing family poverty and social exclusion; ensuring work and family balance; and advancing social integration and intergenerational solidarity. Governments, UN Agencies and bodies, civil society organizations, and academic institutions are encouraged to share good practices and data on family policy development, especially in the areas mentioned above. For more information, click here.
Day of Families 2012

Drawing by Jayson Villamor

You know my love, the day today is as sunny-saturated as a yellow golden fruit. I am imbued with you, like the earth is flooded by rain after a warm spring day. The love of yours is creative, it's like she lets my heart come out to conquer the entire world. Your sweet words spoken with warm breath, matching so good those delicate sounds of "I love you". 

Drawing of Jayson Villamore

Dear readers

Thank you all for so much appreciation.
All the participants of the blog-team are working together to publish the texts in the best way we can.
Mostly we appreciate William for the input of his words, and we work closely together to present you the words with the intended meaning and message(s).
Personally, I try my best to bring them to you in the best English translation possible. I am glad you like the result.
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Yours truly, Sven