LAURA

“Meditation taught me how to find calm within myself. I would leave the center with peace. It didn’t always last very long -- I don’t mean to imply that it was an instant cure to my very big sadness. But it did teach me that it was okay -- even wonderful -- to be still and to be present. I didn’t have to take planes, trains, automobiles, or drugs to escape my pain. Those things usually didn’t work anyway. I just had to come home to myself.”