In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.

Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.

Mindfulness meditation is the embrace of any and all mind states in awareness, without preferring one to another.

Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy. Sometimes we don't feel that way because of the wounds and the scars we carry from the past or because of the uncertainty of the future. It is doubtful that we came to feel undeserving on our own. We were helped to feel unworthy. We were taught it in a thousand ways when we were little, and we learned our lessons well.

You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.

Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as the capacity of your mind to be calm and stable. Without calmness, the mirror of mindfulness will have an agitated and choppy surface and will not be able to reflect things with any accuracy.

So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.