In mindfulness practice, a spirit of gentleness and tenderness is combined with a spirit of adventure and discovery: “Let’s see what is in this moment—and this moment—and this moment.” This means that we’ve got only the problems of this moment—and they may not even be a problem in this very moment—rather than piling on all the problems of next week, next year, and the rest of our lives, which we so reflexively fall into doing.
