The Mind & Me

Since the last few days, i have been thinking about a couple of things, but what i have finally decided is that i write something that i have observed about my mind, which (as i have come to realize) might be the case of a lot of people out there.
It is the very nature of the mind to remain out of control, to jump here and there from one thought to another, like the monkey jumping from one tree to the next one. Its the seemingly endless number of temptations that never let the mind remain static. Sometimes it seems the mind has a train of thoughts lined up for me to address, and all of them generate a different feeling and the mostly of the time its the feeling of worry that stays for the longer duration ( most of the time until that issue is resolved). Also, i have realized that worry is one the most useless emotion, because it doesn't make me feel good, and its stays with me when i'm not exactly in a position to do the task. And so, it does cause some serious damage by keeping my mind engaged in the infinite number of possible outcomes , trying to figure out the worst case scenario and the amount of loss i would incur. It does take some time but the mind eventually understands the futility of thinking that way,and its always better to think positive, it doesn't drain the mind off its precious energy required to do my work with optimum performance.
I'm not my mind (i read that in the scriptures), and yet i haven't been able to perform this simple task of controlling it. Simple is illusory, but its not like the Mount Everest, the task is achievable.Well, there are certain techniques which might help in bringing the mind in control but the mind doesn't want to be in control and so, it tries every trick to keep me itself away from those techniques, and most of the time the mind successful in its malicious intentions, you see that, its a vicious circle pulling me away from taking the right steps.
Yep, the mind deserves a break but it is the intrinsic nature of it, that it doesn't want to. A calm and composed mind always performs better that a mind full of clumsiness and clutter. I do provide my mind with a break everyday when i off to sleep but even then my mind remains partially active. A number of times, i deprive it off its quota of rest by sleeping for fewer hours (i deprive my body from rest too), & so i've come to understand that it needs some conscious rest. Moreover, the conscious rest also provides with the desired level of control, i'm back to square one, the mind doesn't want to.
It definitely requires some courage to choose the right track and surge ahead. I just hope i'm able to find that, right in time.