Many people say that they cannot meditate, because when they sit down to practice, their mind is full of all kinds of worldly things - their job, their house, their mortgage. In fact, this means that they are indeed meditating - in some sense of the word.
All of the things that they think about in their daily life, are now coming to their minds in a more conscious way. This is a positive sign. Eventually those worldly thoughts might pass, and they will have a very different experience.
It is also a reflection of how their minds operate in regular life. The more our minds return to focusing on pure things in normal life, the more those things will come to mind during meditation.
Read the transcript and find important links on the site: A Beautiful Thought - Whatever Comes to Mind: Episode 386
