Detachment is taking responsibility for our own life. Not blaming others for anything that has happened to us in this life is the mark of spiritual maturity. It’s also a goal that most of us have to spend years striving to attain. It’s not unusual to want to make others responsible for our failures or for our insufficiencies. Being told that the circumstances of our birth, the unloving parent or spouse, or the inability to master the educational system can’t be blamed aren’t easy pills for us to swallow. But until we say to ourselves and others, “I am[...]
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3 The success of our relationships often depends on our willingness to detach from the behavior of others. How often have we thought, "If only he or she would . . . " I spent many years quite certain that if others would only change, I'd be happy, free from anxiety, content that the future would be all that I deserved. Try as I did, I was not successful in getting others to change. Nor did I even understand the concept of detachment. And now I am relieved that I am no longer held hostage by such folly. The burden of trying to be in control of the uncontr[...]
