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April 2003

The Great Reality Within

For a would-be suicide, the search for peace began with despair

It was April 19, 1995. I was awakened by the sunlight shining through the drapes in the cheap motel room I had been staying in. I glanced at the clock--it showed 9:15 A.M. I knew that my life was going to end that morning. I had nothing left to live for. I had a beer in the fridge, so I popped off the top and guzzled it down.

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