'Bad' meditation sessions taught me more than the 'good' ones

You know those sessions where your mind won't shut up? Where you spend 20 minutes thinking about your grocery list, or that embarrassing thing from years ago?

Used to beat myself up about these. Thought I was 'failing' at meditation.

Then I realized something: Those 'bad' sessions where I catch myself wandering 100 times? They're actually teaching me more than the 'peaceful' ones. Each time I notice I'm lost in thought and gently come back - that's the actual practice.

It's like going to the gym. The difficult reps are the ones building strength. The resistance IS the practice.

Started seeing my wandering mind not as a failure, but as giving me more opportunities to practice coming back. Now my 'worst' sessions feel like my most productive ones.

Funny how that works.