In Kabat-Zinn's book, he points out that others project their feelings onto us: “They are okay and we are not.” The meditations in this books remind us to accept who we are, at that moment.

The small size of book provides easy access in troubling moments. Each meditation stands alone, like a snap shot of mindfulness, freeze-framing the words we need, when we need them.

A possible negative: A person accustomed to meditating might find this book over-simplistic.

Kabat-Zinn frees us from the traditional approach of sitting on the floor and repeating “OM.” For example: I meditate laying on the ground, because my body responds to the unusual position.

Kabat-Zinn describes my experience as “breaking up neurological patterning”, creating an undiscovered opening that he refers to as “the body door.”

The author wrote without spiritual connotations, allowing us to find our individual paths. Read this book and savor small pieces of realization in your own time.