When she was haunted by the fear that she would never change and get better, she said, “This too,” and felt the bands of tightness squeezing her chest and throat. When she doubted that anyone could ever love someone so wretched, she held the fear with “This too.” When the despairing feeling that “Something is wrong with me” seemed to take over her world, she let herself feel the grief, like a swelling balloon in her heart. When craving arose, impelling her toward the relief of food, she stayed still and responded to its urgent force with “This too.” As Sarah was discovering in meditation, she
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