WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
“The idea of mindfulness and meditation and how they relate is not necessarily that easy to grasp. So try thinking of it this way: imagine you’re learning to drive a car. Presumably you’d head to a quiet country road rather than a busy motorway at first. Of course, you can drive on either, but one is much easier than the other when you’re learning. The same is true of mindfulness. You can use it in any situation and for any purpose, but the easiest place to learn the skill of mindfulness is during meditation. The funny thing is, even when you feel confident in applying mindfulness to everyday life, you’ll probably still want to take a short time out to meditate each day. That’s because no matter how good a driver you might be, there’s something comforting, and even exhilirating, about driving along a quiet country road that a motorway never can quite match.”
“Get Some Headspace: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day,” by Andy Puddicombe
