This is not a book on meditation or Buddhism, though it has certainly been influenced by both. It is a book of encouragements forall those who are interested in using the unit of a single day to develop good qualities in their minds and hearts. It is a book aboutteaching yourself "from the middle" - the middle of frustration or joy or boredom or wherever else you find yourself. It isa book with a single thesis: that there is always something you can do, moment by moment, to rediscover the brightness of yourown life.