Meditation calms our nervous system and reduces stress. Instead of recycling an overloaded to-do list or feeling insecure about something in the past or future, we focus our attention in the present moment. This not only clears the decks of unnecessarily repetitive and stress-inducing thoughts, it relaxes us so we can shift into a frame of mind of deep inner calm which is always there, but often buried below the frenetic surface activity of our minds. The reason focusing our attention in this moment feels so good is that most of our problems are in the…

Past or future.