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From a very early age we, as humans, are trained to measure our lives in really big chunks of time.
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\\nWe are a \\u2018seven-year-old\\u2019 or we are a \\u2018sixth grader\\u2019.
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\\nWe look back and say \\u2018sophomore year was the greatest time in my life.\\u2019
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\\nWe do quarterly projections and annual audits.
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\\nAnd all this labeling and division of time makes us believe that life happens in these huge chunks.
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\\nBut life doesn\\u2019t happen in decades, or years, or quarters, or seasons, or even weeks, days, or hours.
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\\nLife happens in moments.
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\\nMore specifically, life happens in one moment: this present moment.
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\\nMindfulness is the practice of seeing that in this present moment, everything we experience - internally and externally - arises, exists for a time, and then is gone.
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\\nAnd mindfulness asks us to meet these experiences without clinging and aversion that arise from judgment.
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\\nIt\\u2019s really that simple and it is every bit that profound.
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\\nAnd when we build the skill to do this in all circumstances of our lives, all that is left is the capacity for love, generosity, and kindness.
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\\nThat is the dynamic nature of your existence as a human being.