Thoughts...

Our minds are always thinking - remembering the past, keeping mental To Do lists, daydreaming, plotting revenge, craving a coffee - the list is endless and the thoughts constant; we have over 50,000 thoughts a day by all accounts. But if meditation and mindfulness have taught me anything, it’s that we can’t really stop thoughts from arising, but we can understand that thoughts are just that, thoughts, and if we don’t like this thought, another one will be along in under a minute. Which is fortunate, because otherwise I’d be an extra large cappuccino right now…