Mindfulness

A good friend of mine is learning new techniques, similar to Buddhism, on ways to mediate and mindfulness comes into play here. Mindfulness keeps you in the here and now. I am not up on any of these techniques but do plan on it in the very near future.
However in my mind (and I think that this is what it is all about), Mindfulness to me is to be aware of other people and their feelings. Dont judge and hopefully dont "be" judged. People are only that, just people. I have truly amazing friends who are a great support to me and I try to be mindful to thank them at every turn however I also have some casual friends that I probably never thank - and I want to start thanking them as well. I want to listen more to them when they have problems. I want to be more in tune with myself and with others. I hope that by doing this I can become a better person, because it's about time. I am guilty of being the one who loves to hear gossip, repeat gossip etc. and not even know if it is true or not, and I could be hurting innocent people in the process. I really want to be MINDFUL of my thoughts, actions and hopefully I too can help other people in need.
I know this is probably not what my friend has in mind when saying she is learning the technique of Mindfulness-but to me, until I too can learn it, this is what I will strive for.
Cheers everyone, have a great day..