There's a concept in Taoist philosophy that resonates with me. The concept of wu-wei.

A video by Einzelgänger puts forth an interpretation that goes along the line of: we often worry too much about how to present ourselves that we forget to be ourselves.

Another interpretation goes in the sense of: we often face our issues or problems with our preconceptions and assumptions of how things would turn out, and because of this we face our issues by seeing them as we think they are, rather than what we see them as.

We go into the issues by thinking that we should act in certain ways to effect certain outcomes, which sometimes is counterproductive in trying to get the outcome we want.

And to see things as what we see them as, we need to let go of our egos, our preconceptions, and to react to them not instinctively.

Not too sure if it is similar to what you mentioned, but it is also about living in the moment, just without the preconceptions that can cloud your opinion of what you see.