The beautiful soothing voice and profound common sense of this Benedictine monk will restore your soul for an interlude of sanity, wonder. You will feel gratefulness for this breath and the next ones you take in. Take six minutes to yourself to let his message flow over you. His life affirming message, spoken against gentle music, is accompanied by gorgeous photography of our miraculous world. I have listened to it so many times over the years I can almost recite it with him.

However pessimistic the amplified ugliness of the lowest human impulses, hatred, intolerance, greed, rage, envy, stupidity and smirking cruelty might make you feel about the world, this is also true, and right, and very important to keep in your heart. It is good to remember the many blessings of our lives, every day.