The wisdom of having "mindfulness." What is this mindfulness?
To be full of mind, to mind your p's and q's, to be mindful of others and to show them respect, to be mindful not to deliberately hurt others, to be mindful to know that there is a repercussion to all transgressions, to have mindfulness that ill will will eat you up alive from the insides of your stomach spreading outwards into your limbs, to know that if you are not mindful of others your manna falling from Heaven will turn into snowflakes and end up freezing your tongue not satisfying your hunger pangs.
To be aware of those who say they are "mindful" but actually have no minds at all, not having a capacity to be "full." To realize there are people who act mindfully but in actuality have a mind that can do no good, having a mind that cannot think, a mind that cannot help others. Saying you have a mind and are "mindful" but not using your mind to do tikkun olam, not trying to better the world or save someone who would benefit by an idea you have to help them. Having a mind that goes bad, a mind that gets stale and lazy, a mind that is not mindful of others or mindful of yourself.
Mindfulness. Having a mind that is full of ideas. Having the NESS that is necessary to use your mind for the benefit of society as a whole and to aid an individual so they too can use their minds as tools not weapons.
Having a "sharp" mind, a mind that is able to see an enemy coming and to know an enemy from a friend. Using this sharpness of mind to calculate mathematical problems to count the sum of a financial income, not using this sharpness in a blade of a knife except to peel an orange. Being able to sharply see without cutting your finger what you can do in the world to be of some aid in solving world problems.
Continuing to whittle a mindful sharp-edged idea and to use your ideas to improve the minds of others, to create mindfulness in others because you freely share your ideas. To be mindfully aware of what you can do to add to the fullness of an otherwise empty pot. Not to have an empty mind. To see the fullness of a cup half filled with water, not its emptiness.
To use mindfulness to keep yourself in peace and cause others to have peace because they feel your peace as it transfers from your mind to theirs.
Using a great mind to do great things. Having had a great day because you used your great mind. In this way having mindfulness as your daily goal and to achieve it.
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