Let me assure you that approximately none of us start “good” at anything.
Take meditating for example. Expecting to be “good” at meditating when you first start is like expecting to be “good” at Martial Arts when you come to your first class.
The point isn’t to arrive “good”—the point is to start where you are and improve.
Besides the rare few who are “born enlightened,” I’m of the opinion that all of us have busy, irrational, crazed monkey minds which make meditating exceptionally hard.
…Which is precisely why we should be spending time practicing it.
What we need to do isn’t *not* meditate because its hard. What we need to do is better manage our expectations.
Meditating isn’t about closing our eyes and being able to experience a magical ceasing of all incoming thoughts. Not a chance.
It’s about stopping the flow of incoming information and allowing what’s there to settle.
When I meditate, I spend probably less than a minute out of twenty actually free from thinking. This is an excellent day of meditation for me.
In fact, any day I practice meditating is an excellent day of meditating—because I practiced it.
Get it?
The practice is the reward. Just like in Martial Arts. What are belts but an external motivation tactic to encourage training?
The end goal (black belt) is simply a motivation tactic that’s designed to get you to practice.
So, if you want to become a “black belt” in meditation (or anything), humble yourself and start practicing like a white belt.