The mind is incredibly powerful in helping shape how we perceive our world and our relationship with others within this world. Perhaps that is why taming it can be so difficult and according to some authors, requires a lot of mental training and buffeting.
Right now, I am struggling with the mind, trying very hard to keep it reined in to do what I need it to do, and that is to focus and write. But my efforts have not been very successful so far. There are moments of clarity and focus but otherwise it appears lazy and wandering. It almost seems that I need to give myself a really good and stern talking to; to scold it, scare it or coax it into behaving properly. Like the current Melbourne weather for the past few days, my mental state feels foggy.
My resolve at this moment is to work out at least some of the contributing factors that I may be able to control, like the amount of sleep I get, the exercise I should be getting and my diet. The rest will be more difficult.
