Be where your feet are.

This four-word instruction contains the entire teaching of mindfulness.

Right now, where are your feet? On the floor? On a bed? On the earth? Feel them. Feel the pressure, the temperature, the texture beneath them.

When we are where our feet are, we cannot be lost in yesterday's regret or tomorrow's anxiety. We are simply here, in this body, in this moment.

This is not just a meditation teaching. It is a way of living. When you eat, eat. When you walk, walk. When you talk to someone, be fully there.

Life happens where your feet are. Everything else is just imagination.