There is something else I want to add here that I use and that is positive distraction. Like my hobbies for instance for me they are a form of mediation they are something that I am interested in that I can be totally present in and focused on. This engagement on my part stops all the chatter and lets me relax into my own. The lecturer I mentioned in my earlier post refers a lot to the present use of electronic devices computers, smartphones and such in everyday life and the need to keep checking and responding to email and text messages all the time and as such the person never is really being present in the present moment with what they are doing. I this is akin to not taking the time to breath in and smell the roses in your present life. Also referred to being in the Now, not being in the past or future but learning to live in and enjoy the present moments in ones life..Being mindful of one's present that is and being present to and in it.......Speaking of being present. I did stop off here to post this because it was on my mind and now I am going back to enjoy what I was doing which was working one of my positive distractions. Of course posting this did turn out to be one of my positive distractions too..Now it's time to let go of it and move on....Red:)