Pure Mountain Tao

There is a saying that with age comes wisdom, but is this true? In some cases yes. Often, the man who ages learns from his mistakes and makes fewer of them as he has acquired wisdom. In other cases however, nothing is learned, suffering is not vanquished as the same sensual desires that plagued the young man now make ill the old man. The angry young man soon turns into the angry old man. The man who chased his desires as a youngster falls into the same trap at an advanced age. The avant-garde soon becomes the old guard. Everything changes, and as we age we too should change. Change from being chained to samsara and enter into a mind of spiritual serenity.

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And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
-T.S. Eliot

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In the same way, when we first start to meditate, the mind quickly drops its object and thinks of something else instead. The key to successful meditation is to be aware whenever this happens and bring the object of meditation back to mind. Another option is choiceless awareness which does not require focusing on any one object and instead allowing to pass whatever shall pass.