Happy Birthday Mama

"We have, in our brief lifetimes, all the moments we need to take responsibility for how we choose to be in relationship to what is and to what might be if we follow our hearts and our intrinsic wisdom. This opportunity invites us all to engage wholeheartedly, each in our own way, in an ongoing adventuring in the domain of the possible and the not yet realized."
-Kabat-Zinn, Jon (2012-01-01). Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment--and Your Life (Kindle Locations 1348-1351)

For me this quote is about accepting the present. We spend so much time holding onto things that don't exist anywhere but in our minds--memories, events from childhood, our futures and what they might hold. What is important though is what is happening now, and what we can do to make every moment the best it can be.