Buddha said attachment is a source of suffering. We suffer because we cling to objects we hold dearly be it past memories, stuff, relationships and other impermanence.
Change is inevitable and part of life; those who hold hardest to impermanence and wish everything remains as they are/were suffer the most.
We are obsessed with cosmetic products to maintain our youthful look and incessantly worry about growing old.
We purchase branded goods because we attach ourselves with the perceived image projected by marketers and let them define who we are.
We cling into hurtful relationship because we don’t dare to step out our comfort zone and still reminiscence on past memories.
Parents, out of good intention, pamper their kids without realizing kids too one day need to be able to stand on their own feet and move on with their life.
Non-attachment is not a call of nihilism.
Rather, it’s a reminder to see the things as they are not as we wish to be and to live fully in the present time not in the past nor in the future.
By freeing ourselves from attachment may we attain equanimity, happiness and live a purposeful life.