1.0Beyond Bluehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/beyondblueBeyond Bluehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/beyondblue/author/tborchardThe Power of Self-Preservation - Beyond Bluerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Z3YODwb0nQ"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/beyondblue/2010/04/the-power-of-self-preservation.html">The Power of Self-Preservation</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/beyondblue/2010/04/the-power-of-self-preservation.html/embed#?secret=Z3YODwb0nQ" width="600" height="338" title="“The Power of Self-Preservation” — Beyond Blue" data-secret="Z3YODwb0nQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I subscribe to NPR’s “This I Believe” series, and so often find nuggets of hope in the stories they cover. The following excerpt is from the essay by Hugo Haas, who was forced by the Nazis out of his Czech-born film impresario. After living in America for 13 years, Haas explored his beliefs and wrote…http://blog.beliefnet.com/beyondblue/files/import/imgs/1950s-haash-16598-200.jpg