Attention deficit disorder: ADD. Many who haven’t been diagnosed with this disorder often say they are afflicted with it. If you get right down to it, aren't we all? Doesn't it seem that our "normal" state of mind wants to flit about from one topic to another, gathering steam as one thought triggers yet another? The thing I find unfortunate is that people really think they have no choice. As with anything else, it takes practice to calm our thoughts. You have to want a quiet mind in order to attain one. I know I've said it before, but watch that first thought of the day. It can set the tone for everything which comes after it. Refusal to start the day thinking about worrisome things is a choice we have. Choose the quiet mind over the busy one, then choose again whenever needed. Quiet is nurtured through meditation and prayer, and we reap peace.
“We must silence this lie of material sense with the truth of spiritual sense.”
Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 318:12-13
“Let this day be a day of stillness and of quiet listening. Your Father wills you hear His Word today. He calls to you from deep within your mind where He abides. Hear Him today. No peace is possible until His Word is heard around the world; until your mind, in quiet listening, accepts the message that the world must hear to usher in the quiet time of peace.”
A Course in Miracles W-125.1:1-5
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