“Be where you are or you will miss your life.”

Are you aware where you are now?

The Buddhist idea of mindfulness. Mindfulness is when a person keeps their focus on what they are doing at the moment and nothing else. Staying present instead of being distracted by the unchangeable past or unpredictable future is a piece of advice with which Christians can agree. Though they deal with different specifics, Christ’s advice in Matthew 6 has a similar theme. “Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Though Jesus was likely not dealing with mindfulness, He still told His disciples to focus on one day at a time, just as the Buddha did.