The busyness of our daily routines can be mind numbing, severely limiting our vision of reality. Each morning we need a provoking thought, one that will jolt our topsy-turvy views and turn them rightside up. Few authors clarify our thinking as well as Thomas Merton. With a word this worldly man-turned-monk can flip a switch that floods our dark moods with light, changing the way we see everything. Contains 120 daily readings.