Fact: The fact is that many of our thoughts—and some researchers believe that most of our thoughts—are not under conscious control. There are times when we welcome this fact. An insight or an inspiration can help solve a problem. Ask a poet or songwriter how she finds lyrics, and she might say it just comes to her. Sometimes a thought just pops up, like a mental tic or hiccup. Ask anyone who practices meditation. We aren’t in control of it, and we aren’t responsible for it. Thoughts just happen. They wander. They jump around. They don’t take orders.
