The Miracle of Mindfulness

He's a Vietnamese Zen monk, poet, peace activist, and the man Martin Luther King Jr. nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

He's the author of The Miracle of Mindfulness.

And I read only the first six pages of this book, and it literally changed my life.

Thich Nhat Hanh once said, Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment, fully alive, fully aware.

You can experience these without adding another layer of regret for the past and anxiety about the future.

Just stay present through the good and the bad.

I got the book The Miracle of Mindfulness for Christmas one year.

It was in my stocking, and although it is the kind of book that I like reading, it sat on my coffee table for over a year.

Thich Nhat Hanh was a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, poet, and peace activist widely credited with bringing mindfulness practice to the West.

Exiled from Vietnam for decades after opposing the war, he founded Plum Village in France and authored over 100 books, including The Miracle of Mindfulness and Peace is Every Step.

Martin Luther King Jr. nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967.

This poem is from his book Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, 2005.