In doing so, around 200,000 men and women have traveled to places in their hearts and minds previously barred by the emotional inability to resolve resentments. While we have seen evidence of the incredible benefits of singular experiences of the Bridge of Peace, we also see it as a social technology that can be employed in many areas of life for conflict resolution. It is useful, meaningful, effective and can be truly transformational in both the public and private realms of people's lives. Yet making it doable, meaningful and valuable, for the average person on the street is necessary if we are to make any serious move toward a culture of peace. So to initiate an experience for people that significant enough to be almost miraculous, is an urgently needed first step.
Life is essentially very simple.
People want to be happy. Part of our human reality is that we are not individual islands in a sea of time and space. All human history is marked by conflict. Yet also all human history bears the undying marks of those who rise above such conflict and tribulations. Many things that are normal today were unthinkable a century ago.