Thank God for Tara, I say when the coin flips and falls and all I can see is the dark side.
The world becomes reversed and all that looked promising changes to sad loneliness.
Fear creeps in on all sides like water flooding my mind and all I can do is pray.
But she in her mediations reminds me that I share this scared heart with many.
So come home now, come home to some health and some friendship, I say to myself.
And find yourself in a world where the coin has flipped the right way up.
And although there is much to fear and worry about, remember the goodness around
and stretch your arms up to greet the sun in praise of this good, good world.

Tara Brach is a meditation teacher, psychologist and author