This engaging book will help readers along to the path to discovering who they are meant to be--what Trappist writer and spiritual master Thomas Merton called your true self. By meditating on personal examples from the author's life, as well as reflecting on Merton's inspirational life and writings, as well as stories from the Gospels, and the lives of other holy men and women among them, Henri Nouwen, Therese of Lisieux and Pope John XXIII the reader will see how becoming who you are--the person that God created--is a simple path to happiness, peace of mind, and even sanctity. As Merton put it, For me to be a saint means to be myself. Written in an accessible and engaging style by a distinguished author, Becoming Who You Are is very much a how-to book that will give the reader a grounded way to self-discovery within a Christian context. The text turns on James Martin's personal experiences of realizing that all God wants me to be is who I am. The author tells of a period, early in his