Learning to live and love but without attachments

This picture reminds me of what my mother always used to say – learn to live like a droplet of water on a leaf.  The droplet remains on the leaf but it is also not attached to the leaf and doesn’t wet the leaf either.

Learning to live and love but without attachments, sounds strange isn’t it.  We get attached to people, materialistic possessions, power and position and so on.  What we fail to understand or do not want to understand or acknowledge is that nothing is permanent.  No matter how much you love someone or something it is bound to change in its way or form or presence.  Relationships transform, emotions change and possessions can come and go. Getting too attached can make it difficult for us to face the inevitable change that will ensue and the impermanence that is eventually bound occur.

And we find it so difficult to grasp that concept of change and impermanence.  I am not saying that we need to be indifferent or that we should have no expectations.  But when we understand the universal prevalence of change and impermanence, we are in a better place to offer unconditional love and acceptance.

That is why many a times when we are in nature, we feel a sense of calm and peace because we are not attached to the trees, mountains, forests or the sea.  It can give a profound sense of freedom and a chance to just be.

Attachment is a normal behavior and emotional aspect our our lives.  But being able to regulate the level which we get attached would make us more resilient to the significant challenges in life.