Have you ever gotten to the end of the page, and forgotten what you've read?
Maybe you've been in class and lost track of what the teacher is saying.
This is being mindless. You're doing one thing but your mind is somewhere else.
The opposite is being mindful. This is when you're paying full attention to
what you're doing. Mindfulness is helpful in lots of ways.
It helps us calm down, focus better, and think more clearly.
It also helps us get along with people better by helping us notice what other
people are feeling, as well as paying more attention to how we respond.
Mindfulness helps us become better listeners too, which shows people that
we're interested in them. Just as we can build our muscles by going to the gym,
we can build our mindfulness muscle through regular practice known as meditation.
All it takes is a few minutes a day to see the benefits.