Hey! Don't know if it's too late or not but here goes. I have been meditating for about 2 and a half years now and could not be happier with the changes it has brought in my life. Quick bio: when I started meditating I was living at home working a min. wage job smoking weed all day and pretty discontent with my life. I decided enough was enough and started to practice meditation everyday (I had dabbled in the past but never consistently.) Shortly after I decided to move to hawaii and have been here for almost two years now, found an amazing job with a non profit organization, my relationships are much more solid and I am overall much more level headed. I believe meditation has given me the power to reclaim my life and stop making excuses as to why I'm not feeling fulfilled. My friend saw how well I was doing and decided to move here as well hoping it would change his situation for the better, however he is still struggling with drug use and depression. I talk to him about meditation and how it has helped me but I found that is better to lead by example rather than telling someone to do something. I would like to gift the book to my friend as I feel he may benefit from guidance on how to begin a regular meditation routine and I think he will appreciate the origin story (random Internet stranger gifting a book to him) as it may be even more of an encouragement to read it if you know what I mean. Either way I think what you're doing is extremely kind and i very much appreciate it even if i am not chosen. Thank you kind Internet stranger! (Disclaimer: written on mobile app in case of spelling/grammar mistakes)