Laura Ling was the speaker at Voices last Wednesday. I can’t get her talk out of my brain. She shares how she was captured in North Korea and held prisoner for 5 months. She shares the details of her interrogation and imprisonment in her book, Somewhere Inside .
What fascinated me the most was how she committed to daily exercise (which consisted of yoga stretches and walking around her cell), meditation and practicing gratitude. She says the practice of finding something each day that she could be grateful for was so helpful in maintaining her sanity and keeping her grounded.
We are all faced with stressful situations. The power of gratitude is extraordinary.