1.0The Bliss Bloghttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/blissblogEdie Weinstein, MSW, LSWhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/blissblog/author/eweinsteinPower to the Peaceful - The Bliss Blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RWmdLbCfyJ"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/blissblog/2014/07/power-to-the-peaceful.html">Power to the Peaceful</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/blissblog/2014/07/power-to-the-peaceful.html/embed#?secret=RWmdLbCfyJ" width="600" height="338" title="“Power to the Peaceful” — The Bliss Blog" data-secret="RWmdLbCfyJ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I was a child during the Viet Nam War. Images of destruction, napalm, death, protests, tears, verbal and sometimes heated physical altercations between those in favor of the conflict and those opposed to it, streamed across our television screen daily. War never made sense to me, even though my father had been a vet of…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/blissblog/files/2014/07/peace-in-mongolia-501860-m.jpg