The Promise of a New Day

Whether we have the heart to face it, the strength to endure it, or the spirit to celebrate it, each day surely dawns. We might as well make the most of it. This is the message of this heartening book of daily meditations, which in its reassuring way helps us find the promise in every day.Healing, help, and wisdom may come from anywhere, and so the authors begin each day's meditation with quotations from men and women of many lands and times. That these speakers, the humble and the great, have pondered, struggled, failed, and succeeded as we have gives their words a special power to inspire and comfort. The meditations that follow impart challenges and insights, comfort and encouragement, making this book an ideal spiritual companion, a daily source of healing, understanding, and strength.

Millions of people around the world spend a few moments in quiet reflection with Karen Casey every day. Karen is the best-selling author of Each Day a New Beginning, the first daily meditation book written expressly for women in recovery from addiction. Published in 1981, Each Day a New Beginning has sold more than three million copies and has been translated into ten different languages. Over the years, readers around the world have come to regard Karen as a trusted companion on the recovery journey. Among her other best-selling inspirational books are Keepers of the Wisdom, A Woman's Spirit, Fearless Relationships, and A Life of My Own. In her newest book, Serenity (Hazelden, 2007), Karen shares favorite passages that gently convey simple lessons for living with greater peace, hope, and trust.Karen enjoys golfing and riding her Harley with her husband. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Naples, Florida.