Persuade the mind lovingly –
Consider your mind with an attitude of motherly botheration, full of love – love prompted anxiety. Loving persuasion is one of the most common methods of mothers in controlling a child bent for mischief.
To persuade the mind to realise the glories of meditation as its highest vocation should be your daily preoccupation. The more you are convinced of the benefits that you can gain in meditation, the more you will find that your mind settles down peacefully to meditation. Mind at rest is a temple of joy.