Many of us come to meditation the way we come to everything else: determined to get it right. We sit down, set a timer, and wait for calm to appear. When the mind wanders, we try harder. When it keeps wandering, we decide we are simply not good at this. Mindfulness meditation offers a different approach. Rather than asking how much stillness we can produce, it asks us to pay closer attention to how we are meeting the moment, including the restlessness, the doubt and the effor