Emotional Attachment, the Power of Impermanence

An item with which you have an emotionala sudden you have an argument and the
attachment breaks, are you upset? When youfriendship appears to be over. You are
can't find something you have enjoyed usingunderstandably upset, but have you considered
throughout the years is missing, do you becomewhy that person was in your life to begin with?
distraught? When your child goes off to college doSometimes we will have a teacher in our life that
you cry for days? People and things are veryshows us many new things and suddenly the
important to us, so when they leave, we can getrelationship changes. Instead of clinging to them
wrapped up in the emotional part of it all. Dramaand try to communicate with them, stop and ask
can fill our world.yourself what they brought to your life. When the
Everything is impermanent. Nothing is meant topurpose for them being in your life is over, the
last forever. I'm not speaking of an appliance, Ities will be severed or the relationship may simply
am talking about things that we get reallychange. That doesn't mean you didn't learn
attached to. Our family members are a goodexactly what you needed to learn from that
example. We love our family and when someoneteacher, but what it might mean is that you were
moves or dies we have a tendency to go into ameant to find a new mentor.
depression. This is a common reaction to a sadHow can this be explained? The Universe lines
event, but knowing that everyone will leave us atthings up for our lives. When we think of a desire
some point in time should help with the emotionalfor ourselves, we send the thought out into the
trauma that we feel.Universe and it responds by sending the people or
If you have a favorite item that has been passedthings needed to fulfill that request. That favorite
down from one generation to the next and onevase passed down from your grandmother is
day it gets broken, how will you react? Everythingperhaps with you because you need to refer to
and everyone comes into our lives for a reason.things your grandmother told you. Once you have
People are in your life for a period of time togrown beyond that, the vase may have little
teach you things that you would not have beenvalue in your life.
taught otherwise. Once the goal has beenWe are all on this earth to learn. Introducing the
reached, that person may leave your life. A goodidea that everything is impermanent will make
example of this is a friend that has been by youryour losses easier to emotionally recover from.
side, through good times and bad, and then all of