From the author of The Seven Storey Mountain comes engaging journal entries guaranteed to inspire, motivate, and facilitate self-reflection and spiritual guidance. Thomas Merton's words touch the soul and spark the mind and can be read all at once or in parts, year-after-year.

Packed with Merton's delightful pen-and-ink drawings and elegant black-and-white photographs, this is the perfect gift for any spiritual seeker and gratitude manifester in your life. If you struggle to stay in--and enjoy--the present moment, or simply need some extra encouragement to slow down, this guide is for you.

Oftentimes, the joy and hope we seek is very much alive in our lives, we just need a little help uncovering it. Allow Merton's affirmations to aide, provoke, and comfort your daily and spiritual journey--one essay, and day, at a time.