Mindfulness

I believe some benefits that can be gained from practicing the concept of minfulness in Me, Myself, and I are to be purposeful, attentive, and nonjudgmental. Basically to live in the here and now and accept it as it comes. But our culture discourages the practice of mindfulness because we are so overwhelmed by the media and social networking that we become consumed in it and can not be calm and just be ourselves. Because of this i believe people are so worried with their image and what they drive and how much money that they make that we forget how to be happy with who and what we are in the moment. We are always thinking ahead but never in the now. I know this first hand be cause I over analyze everything I do no matter how insignificant that task I can't stop thinking about the what if's. Honestly I don't really think that our culture encourages mindfulness at all; it is all about the materialistic things in life that seem to be the most important thing not our happiness and being. Like Uwe Herwig researchers studies show that, "By honing our powers of self-reflection, we can actively work to keep our self-image in step with reality." But this day in age it is almost impossible to have a consistent view of ourselves and our image because the discouragement of mindfulness in our media and culture.