The Importance of Being Present in the Moment

Sally Kohn: I've been really fascinated by this study that was done about what brings people happiness and what gives their lives meaning. She says it would be wrong to assume that what the good spiritual teachers and others mean by presence is the same as sort of immediate gratification and pleasure. The better you get at paying attention, she says, the less important it seems to be whether what you're paying attention to is a stereotypically pleasurable thing or a hard and unpleasant thing.Kohn: You don't want to miss your life, but you also don't wants to spend it all in a way that looking back on it is going to seem fruitless.