As a Buddhist practitioner, I feel so blessed to have Pema Chödrön in my life. No words can express all you have meant to me, Pema—both in my meditation practice and in my daily existence on death row. To have a precious and dear friend in a dharma teacher who on occasion can also care for me like a mother who knows what I think I can get away with—and refuses to let me—has been the biggest benefit to my practice. I am forever grateful to you, Pema, for all your encouragement to write this book so that it may be of benefit to others.
