I spent days reading about mindfulness and the different techniques I could try. Only when I read Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Miracle of Mindfulness did I feel ready to start. This book revealed to me what mindfulness and meditation truly are: “a serene encounter with reality”. Mindfulness is about seeing reality as it is, calmly and honestly, without any emotional filters or reactions. It’s about being able to truly experience and accept the events, emotions and thoughts in your life regardless of whether they are positive or negative.