The Total Incompatibility of Mindfulness and Busyness

Article from Jon Kabat-Zinn, one of the leaders of mindfulness practices.

Precisely because if we are overloaded to the point of being overwhelmed, it is likely that we will be so agitated, so distraught, so self-preoccupied that we won’t be able to meet anybody or any situation from a place of ease within the fullness of our own being in that moment, and that includes, most importantly, even an authentic meeting of ourselves and those we most care about.

This is worth reading a few times, just to make sure it sinks in. Via Leah Cunningham.