In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. And we cannot be genuine peace-makers unless we also find peace within ourselves. Zen monk, peace activist and outstanding spiritual teacher and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him, a ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our inner home, to a place of calm, to our true selves. A sink full of dishes, red lights and traffic jams can become spiritual supports on the path to mindfulness - the process of keeping our consciousness alive to our present experience and reality - and to using the power of our mind to live thoughtfully and peacefully. The most profound satisfactions, the deepest feelings of joy and completeness lie as close at hand as our next aware breath and the smile we can form right now. Thich Naht Hahn offers commentaries and meditations, personal anecdotes and stories to show how deep meditative presence is available. He provides exercises to increase our awareness of our own body and mind through conscious breathing - and he also shows us how to be aware of our relationships with others and of the world around us, its beauty as well as its pollution and injustices, and how to affect those moments and those relationships positively.