Meditating

Following is a conversation between me and Desiree while floating around in the hot tub:

ME (closing my eyes and lifting my arms): I’m going to meditate… (After only a few seconds) Nope. I can’t do it. I think I’m incapable of that. My thoughts ping-pong all over inside my head the instant I close my eyes.

DESIREE: I’m the same.

ME: Oh?

DESIREE: When I close my eyes, I start thinking about how I want to cook food.

ME: Well, at least that benefits me.

—Mitchell Hegman