Juliet Grainger, a teacher by profession, is widely travelled.Her experiences include working with the dying in Calcutta and the homeless in London. She has worked in Northern Ireland, driving play buses in the troubled areas, and has helped to settle Vietnamese refugees in Ipswich.These are just a few of her stories. She lives in Wiltshire, is married to an artist and has one son.

For those moments of tension, when nerves are jangled and feelings stretched. This book uses short quotes from many spiritual and poetic sources to restore, revive and reassure. Among these quotes there may be one which offers companionship throughout the day.