@NillaMarie - So many of us are frustrated by the fact that our minds wander and believe that our minds shouldn't wander. The problem is it's actually the nature of the mind to wander. The wandering isn't a problem, per se, and it can't be "fixed" because we're not robots. We can, however, look at the way that we talk to ourselves when we realize we've wandered. By practicing nonjudgmentally noticing that our attention has shifted, we can refocus our attention more readily instead of getting lost in unkind mental chatter about how our minds should be "better." It's so tricky, but the point of meditation, from my vantage point, isn't to quiet the mind but instead to watch the mind with an attitude of non-judgment and change the repetitive cycle of beating up on ourselves when we get lost in thought.
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