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Home is Where War Starts and Peace Begins

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Everyone has a home, but everyone doesn’t have a happy home. And until we face that truth, peace in our society will always be fragile. We cannot build peace out in the world while conflict, silence, and hurt live inside our own walls. The wars we fight in our most intimate spaces shape every part of our lives. Healing those private battles is not just personal work it is the foundation for lasting peace. Through my lived experiences, generational truths, courageous reflection, and through interviews and conversations with more than thousands of people across the globe, one message became undeniable: Peace is not far away. Peace is not theoretical. Peace is not for “other people." Peace is a deliberate act, one that begins in our hearts and becomes real through daily practice at home. This book is proof. When we transform the home, we transform the world.

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Winter Always Turns to Spring A Memoir:

My Triumphant Journey Sachiko Takata Bailey

Sachiko Takata was 14 years-old when an atomic bomb dropped on her hometown of Hiroshima, Japan. In an instant her world was changed. Her mother died shortly after Japan’s surrender. The devastation of war and the loss of her mother awakened in Sachiko’s heart a deep resolve to devote her life to building a world of peace where the dignity of all human beings is respected and the peril and haunting specter of nuclear war is nonexistent.

Given her experience with war, it was ironic that she would marry an American soldier, LeRoy Bailey. It was in the United States that she was introduced to Nichiren Buddhism and credits her practice of Buddhism, as well as her mentor, Daisaku Ikeda, with saving and transforming her life. Through his example, she was able to learn how to tap the innate power of her spirit to weather life’s storms; to change poison into medicine; to win over all obstacles, and to turn winter into spring.

Because of her growth and understanding of life, Sachiko Takata Bailey now thinks of August 6, 1945, as Victory Day, because the victorious and optimistic person she became emerged from the ashes and ruins of Hiroshima.

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  • ❝I loved the book, couldn't put it down. A true story of the struggles of a Japanese War bride who fell in love with an African-American soldier, that by far, describes the emotions, joys and pains, of moving to the USA and finding out that racism was alive and well in the southern states.❞

    READER REVIEW // Winter Always Turns to Spring A Memoir: My Triumphant Journey Sachiko Takata Bailey

  • ❝This is one of those books that you just cant put down. This is a story of Faith, Hope, Strength, and Perseverance. This is one of the best books I read this year! Very well written! Amazing!!❞

    READER REVIEW // Winter Always Turns to Spring A Memoir: My Triumphant Journey Sachiko Takata Bailey

  • ❝All I can say is wow! I am so moved and encouraged by the story of of Sachiko! I couldn’t put the book down. There were tears of joy and tears of sadness as I read Sachiko’s story.❞

    READER REVIEW // Winter Always Turns to Spring A Memoir: My Triumphant Journey Sachiko Takata Bailey

  • ❝Sachiko Bailey's story of triumph helped me to understand the power of her Buddhist practice and incredible spirit. I was amazed at the many challenges she had to overcome, yet she continued to move forward-understanding that her strong faith would bring her through.❞

    READER REVIEW // Winter Always Turns to Spring A Memoir: My Triumphant Journey Sachiko Takata Bailey