I meditate because I want my brain to leave me alone. Meditation makes everything seems less important. I don’t mean everything is less important than meditation. I mean the barrage and complexity of everyday tasks lessen in importance. They can get overwhelming and it’s hard to sort out their hierarchy. Then the judging mind comes rushing in followed by paralyzing doubt. Meditating helps to let go of evaluating everything. One realizes that stress and anxiety don’t have to accompany every task. All we really have is the here and now, and the here and now experience is greatly affected by our own minds. There is immense relief when the thinking mind falls back from consciousness and the sensations of the moment become all there is. Everything can change and is changing every minute. It is within our power.