One of the many benefits of mindfulness practice is that it makes us more grounded and composed in the face of adversity and develops in us a resilience and strength to turn towards our habitual reactivity. We are able to muster enough courage to work with the adversity, instead of gearing up for a head-on clash, running away or freezing at the spot. However, this attitudinal change doesn’t happen overnight and does not seem natural at the onset; it requires a long process of consistent mindfulness practice supplemented with an insight meditation on how our mind and the phenomena works. Admittedly we may feel awkward at our deliberate and repeated reminders to pause, to experience space and hence not to react immediately. Mindful response and action require efforts. No matter how contrived we may feel at the beginning, we need to summon enough guts to persist and go through the transformation in us, until mindfulness becomes our new habit. Simply put, fake it until you make it.