Integrating 'Mindful Living' for a Peaceful Life

In times gone by, people were concerned primarily with survival-avoiding death by starvation, disease, or violence. Though many of us are not subject to such stressors these days, one is stressed due to the faster pace of life. Small stressors from each or all of these add up to a bigger one over a period of time. We ignore the stress we experience despite the physical or mental symptoms of stress that our body throws at us. Instead of focusing on solutions for the symptoms or causes of our stress, we tend to turn a blind eye and make ourselves ever busier to continue as ‘normal’ and ‘achieve more’  in our lives. The answer to managing this stress in our lives lies in practicing the technique of mindful living. Mindful living does not guarantee that we will not have any problems in life.  But it can certainly make us aware that it is none but us who are responsible for our own happiness or unhappiness.