8 Thoughts We All Secretly Have While Attempting to Meditate

If you've experienced a few bumps along the way while attempting to meditate or find your path to inner peace, you'll immediately feel a kinship to Cathy Thorne's humorous illustrations from her book, Unlightenment. While it may seem like everyone around you, from your yoga teacher to the mindfulness experts you follow on Instagram, has achieved a magical state of enlightenment, know this: you're not the only one who craves cookies after 2 minutes of mindfulness meditation. 

Excerpted from Unlightenment: A Guide to Higher Consciousness for Everyday People by Cathy Thorne. Copyright © 2017 Adams Media, a division of Simon and Schuster. Used by permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.