Rediscover your deepest desire for love and quiet contemplation amid the driven pressures of a hurried world.

"Integrating the wisdom of ancient mystics and the insights of contemporary thinkers, May examines the spiritual longings that are often hidden and controlled by society's pressures and expectations.

"—Publishers Weekly

May traces how the demand for efficiency crowds out the human yearning to love and be loved. Drawing upon decades of psychiatric practice, the author examines the subtle attachments that confine the heart.

The volume explores four classical ways of presence, highlighting Brother Lawrence's simple prayer alongside open contemplation. Weaving together clinical insight and spiritual direction, May points toward resting in grace and reclaiming authentic passion.

• Spiritual Disciplines: Learn how intentional breath exercises and physical stretching help quiet reflexive self-management, allowing the mind to yield into unforced, prayerful stillness.
• Spiritual Growth: Discover why persistent inner restlessness is not a psychological defect, but an essential human longing that opens the soul to enduring love.
• Daily Practices: Integrate faith into ordinary routines through Brother Lawrence’s little interior glances, transforming household chores, office tasks, and unexpected pauses into moments of connection.
• Also by This Author: Addiction and Grace, The Dark Night of the Soul and The Wisdom of Wilderness.