How to catch this thief?

 How to Catch This Thief?

Some thieves don’t break in.
Yet something has been stolen overnight-

Your sound sleep,
Your ease,
Your clarity.

So who’s the thief?

Not your job.
Not your commute.
Not the world demanding more from you.

The thief is a confused mind.
A mind pulled in ten directions, unable to land in the present moment.

What most people don’t realize is this:

Confusion doesn’t come from too much thinking.
It comes from too little noticing.

The mind becomes a thief only when we are absent from ourselves.

And the way to catch it?
Not by forcing silence.
Not by chasing “perfect meditation.”
Not by sitting still for an hour.

But by making tiny inner adjustments .

Pause for 10 seconds.
Notice both your inhalations and exhalations, the way they are happening.

Feel the sensations in your body.
Acknowledge one emotion without trying to fix it.

In that single moment of presence, your mind stops stealing and starts softening.

This is how sleep returns.
This is how the smile comes back.
This is how clarity grows - not through big practices, but through micro-practices woven into daily life.

Your mind isn’t against you.
It’s just asking you to come home to the moment.

Catch the thief with presence.
Be kind to yourself in the simplest ways.

 

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