“Before meditation, I always wanted to be alone. It was very uncomfortable to share time and space with others even with my family or friends. I pretended that I liked to be with them, but actually in my mind I wanted to go home and stay alone by myself. Through meditation, I looked back at my life.
When I was young I was told to be good as the oldest of the children and not to bother adults for no reason. Somehow it stuck in me and I chose not to meet people because I thought I didn’t know how to do well. After throwing away my envy of being liked by everyone and my fear of bothering someone, I found that there’s no reason not to talk or try to find the way to do better together. If it doesn’t work at once, I can try twice. Meditation gave me an endless courage and power. This meditation is very peaceful, but also very powerful. Now I think it is so grateful to live in the world with many different people. With meditation, it becomes joyful to learn how I can be truly together with people.”
