Whether you live in a crowded city or in a rural area, work in an office or at home, you can know the peace of God and be a blessing to the world. John Michael Talbot shows that you need not live in a monastery to express profound spiritual qualities. You can cultivate solitude, silence, and sacred stillness on the spot where you are standing. You can live from the hermit within wherever you are. In chapters ranging from meditation to community, the gift of tears to the music of life, he inspires all of us to live the life of the spirit as first expressed by our spiritual forebears.