practice

Meditation is the practice of leaving the world of "how I think it ought to be" and joining the reality of "how it is" right here right now.  

The important word here is practice … Dropping our pictures of "ought to be" is hard because most of us have spent years building these pictures and trying to cram the present moment into them.

Another way to think about this is meditation is leaving the realm of 'why' and entering the world of 'what' (what is arising in consciousness right now).  Practice, practice, practice.

peace on you,
bob