Acknowledgement
I would like to thank Myla Kabat-Zinn, Sarah Doering,
Larry Rosenberg, John Miller, Danielle Levi Alvares,
Randy Paulsen, Martin Diskin, Dennis Humphrey,
and Ferris Urbanowski for reading early drafts of the
manuscript and giving me their valuable insights and
encouragement. My deep appreciation to Trudy and
Barry Silverstein for the use of Rocky Horse Ranch
during an intensive period of early writing, and to
Jason and Wendy Cook for Western adventures
during those wonderful days. Profound gratitude to
my editors, Bob Miller and Mary Ann Naples, for their
deep commitment to excellence and the pleasure of
working with them. I thank them, the Hyperion family,
literary agent, Patricia Van der Leun, Dorothy
Schmiderer Baker, book designer, and Beth
Maynard, artist, for the care and attention they gave
to the birthing of this book.