Oscar’s Purpose Discovery

Now, don’t quote me on it — but I’m willing to bet good money that Oscar must have been through one of our Purpose Discovery workshops. Oscar (yes, that little gold naked man on a pedestal) seemed to have rediscovered his true purpose as an Academy Award statue, and went home that night with men and women who respected the power of film as a tool to convey messages with heart.

Take the first woman director ever to win an Oscar. Her statue was well deserved not because she was a woman, but because she fought so hard to make a film that paid tribute to the dangers encountered by those who have fought so hard for our country. She had a purpose to tell the story of soldiers who have a hard time returning to life-as-normal after their tours of duty. She stayed true to her purpose, and succeeded because of that.

Another woman committed to producing and starring in a film, solely because of its message of love and hope. Sandra Bullock’s acceptance speech included a special thank-you to those who take in children who need homes, regardless of the difficulties it could bring to their lives. That Oscar win had purpose written all over it.

Okay, so Jeff Bridges played a down-and-out drunk and won an Oscar for it. You can’t say it wasn’t a performance of a lifetime, though, and the man behind the role has also been a man of a higher cause long before it became so hip for celebs to be charitable. Bridges founded the End Hunger Network back in 1983, and has devoted much of his time to the organization’s purpose — to create and support media projects, programs and events to raise awareness and generate action to end U.S. child hunger.

Oscar also went home that night with two members from the film Precious, a film that was created to raise awareness of the tragedy of domestic and family abuse.
Kudos, Oscar.

I’ve got to hand it to that little gold naked guy for really getting his act together this year, and rediscovering why he took on his job in the first place — to award those whose films questioned the standards, challenged people’s perceptions, and encouraged people to create positive change for this world.