I've found that my "attachment" to having certain people in my life and or my attachment to certain expectations or outcomes can have a huge impact on how I interact with and relate to the people in my life.  Let's dive deeper and look further at how our attachments can challenge us, both personally as individuals and in relationships.

Attachment is one of those new-age spiritual concepts and for years I had no idea what it really meant and when I would contemplate the idea, it irritated me.  Of course I want to be attached to the wonderful things in life... why wouldn't I be attached to my boyfriend, my dog, a job I love?  I thought, how is that even possible to be unattached?  Well, I could think of things or people that I was unattached to, but they were people or things I didn't want in my life!

So, I let the concept continue to percolate in my being and a few years ago, I was blessed with a trip to sacred India where I was invited to sit with an enlightened sage and he spoke the words, "expectations are a direct ticket to h*ll".  I sat with that and the word "expectations" immediately translated in my mind to "attachments".  This was the spiritual concept that had eluded me for so long. 

This idea swirled in my mind, was there something I was doing...  Read More