We spend a lot of time searching for happiness, while the world around us is full of wonders. Just being alive and walking on Earth is a true miracle. However, most of us run as if there is a better place we need to reach. Beauty is here and calls us every day, every hour, but we rarely are able to listen.

The basic condition to be able to hear the call of beauty and respond to it is silence. If there is no silence within us - if our mind, our body, is full of noise - then we cannot hear the call of beauty.

The Vietnamese monk and renowned teacher Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how we can find and maintain peace even in the bustling world we live in, without endless hours of meditation or strict practices. By focusing on breathing and simple techniques for cultivating mindfulness, he guides us to discover who we are and what we truly want, how to live in the present, how to recognize the beauty that surrounds us, and to find harmony and happiness within ourselves.