Trudging the Road of Happy Destiny

Attachment and Suffering

The concept of attachment and suffering has been acutely present in my life. It is through experiencing emotional pain, loss, and ultimately acceptance I have begun to regain a sense of peace and ease. Acceptance is remarkably similar in principle and effect to letting go of attachment. I find when I let go of attachment to a specific person, place, thing, situation, or outcome I then become free to experience life as it occurs. Letting go and the resulting process of acceptance allows others to be set free as well. When I am stuck in fear, which most recently produced emotional pain, I resort to control and subsequently the attachment I embrace produces suffering in myself and others. It presents in many maladaptive coping mechanisms which produce further suffering.

Today I will work to practice acceptance. When I find that I am stuck in the past or out in the future I will consciously pause, relax, take it easy, and seek to improve contact with the quiet still voice inside.