Recap of meditations

Of all the meditation techniques and methods I've tried over the last 9 weeks - both for class and others I looked for out of curiosity - I think my favorites are the Subtle Mind Practice and the Loving Kindness Practice. The Subtle Mind helps me focus and zero in on calmness in a way that I can't really describe, and I don't honestly know why. Many times I feel like I've actually failed, that I haven't really completed the exercise in the way that it's intended because my thoughts keep coming, and coming, and coming, and coming... but after the 20 minutes, I can say with some surety that I focus better on tasks and complete them more efficiently. I don't know why, but I don't need to know in order for it to be true. I also like the Loving Kindness exercise because it gives me a feeling of having contributed something positive to the world, even if I've done nothing else that day. I don't think there's anyway to prove that my meditation actually relieves anyone's physical suffering, but I'm quite confident that the serenity I feel after meditation is evident to people around me, in a subtle way, and rubs off, and in that way I'm able to spread good feelings to my tiny little corner of the world, at least.