a baseball game, what's for lunch or what i'm going to do the next day. now if i did not mean to think these distracting thoughts then my prayer has not been in vain. remember that prayer is not an intellectual exercise but a conversation or a desire for a relationship with god. still, many people would like to have less distractions during prayer. here are some suggestions that might help.
when you realize during prayer that you are no longer in the presence of god but have wandered somewhere else then throw the distraction out. but one must do this gently and not with violence. a violent return to prayer 