the case detailed in the journal the lancet involved a patient who visited a marburg university clinic in germany in 2012 house md helped doctors solve this medical mystery the next time you feel nervous or anxious worked up about a big presentation or your husbands forgetfulness instead of willing yourself to calm down try telling yourself to get jazzed instead a new study has found staying calm isnt necessarily the best way mindfulness is conscious awareness of what you are feeling and experiencing in the present moment but there is more to get to joy its not enough to just be aware of the present to get to joy you have to trust that the present moment is exactly where you belong are you ready to open up to trust happiness and joy