Mindfulness is not just a form of meditation, it’s a discipline for living well.
Being mindful is the gap between what you are being asked to do and what you say yes to.
It’s the space between reacting to a cantankerous person and finding a moment in which to summon up a more constructive response.
It’s the breath you take before accepting an invitation during which you remind yourself that what you really need right now is an early night.
Mindfulness is using your hard won wisdom to consciously make decisions that keep you balanced, healthy and nourished. Healthy people are kinder, cheerier and they suffer less stress.
In essence, it’s the skill of learning to be exactly who you are and letting that be exactly enough. What choice do you have but to be emphatically you, to understand that it is your foibles that make you lovable, not your perfection.
You are a living, breathing thing that needs certain conditions, unique to you, to thrive.
Mindfulness helps.