I was going to say the same. I recently started my meditation practice again and I noticed I'm not quite as easily able to get the waters in my mind to settle,

I was going to say the same. I recently started my meditation practice again and I noticed I'm not quite as easily able to get the waters in my mind to settle, but I remember when I did I could go many seconds (maybe even a minute) without having any thoughts un-related to my breath. It's really beautiful to feel it in such a calm state