Don’t Engage. Don’t Engage. Don’t Engage. This has been my mantra of sorts for a while now. It’s the phrase I hear in my head (always repeated three times) when I am waffling between commenting on something in social media,…
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How Non-Attachment Enhanced My Birthday
Last week was my birthday, and it was one of the best I’ve celebrated in a long time for many reasons, but especially this: I practiced non-attachment. Everything throughout the day was a gift. The text from an old friend?…
Detaching or Disengaging?
There is “detach with love” and then there is “disengage with compassion.” You haven’t heard of the second one? That’s because I’ve only recently developed it. Here’s why: During my years in Al-Anon, where I first heard the phrase, I…