“In fact, in this way of looking at things, there is truly no place else to go, so efforts to get anywhere else are ill conceived. They are bound to lead to frustration and failure. On the other hand, you cannot fail to be where you already are. So you cannot ‘fail’ in your meditation practice if you are willing to be with things as they are.”
- Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., Full Catastrophe Living
This is so good: “you cannot fail to be where you already are.”
Meaning you cannot fail at being with the breath.