"If there are messages of compassion currently being sent to us from unknown quarters, it might be very useful to receive and distribute them," writes psychoanalyst Kim Chernin. The author plumbs three transformative experiences and comes up with a fresh appreciation for "an unseen order" that gives meaning to her days. Chernin begins with a beautifully written tribute to her shy, ethical, and meditative father whose legacy to her is a reverence for "the mysterious consequences flowing from small acts." She sees his gardening as a form of prayer. Chernin next writes about how a deepening sensitivity to the sacred dimensions of life comes in her work with a woman dying of cancer and her daughter. In the third section, the author reveals how her "hankering for the divine" results in a trip to Europe to receive a blessing from Mother Meera, a Hindu woman who is seen by many to be a divine messenger. Chernin's spiritual journey is engaging and filled with numerous epiphanies about the sacred.