Daily Dalai Lama Wisdom

The idea of bringing about such a fundamental change in ourselves may at first sight seem impossible, yet it is actually possible to do this through a process of discipline such as meditation.
We choose a particular object, and then we train our minds by developing our ability to remain focused on the object.
Normally, if we just take a moment to reflect, we will see that our mind is not focused at all.
We may be thinking about something and, all of a sudden, we find that we have been distracted because something else came into our head.
Our thoughts are constantly chasing after this and that because we don't have the discipline of having a focus.
So, through meditation, what we can achieve is the ability to place our minds and to focus our attention at will on any given object.