Distraction

New meditators (like me) tend to think that we should immediately, or very quickly, be able to sit without thinking. But I think the truth is we are practicing not how to stop thinking (or that is a later goal), but to bring the mind back once we do start thinking. Meditation is just practice, a very relaxing and often pleasant practice, but just practice. It's in daily life that the ability to bring the mind back is the most powerful and useful. So I should become distracted a thousand times in meditation, so that I can easily come back the one time when not in meditation!