Tag: attachment

I’ve changed my mind

Don’t we all feel that we have the right and ability to change our minds? Sometimes others may be disappointed or upset that we changed out mind, but we do have that right. Recently, I have been trying a bit…

Loving yourself

Yesterday I wrote about supreme happiness, and the way to achieve that was by forgetting yourself. And I do firmly believe that if one focuses on the happiness of others, our own suffering disappears. But there is a caveat to…

Please take my suffering away

Have you ever felt like this? “Someone please just take my suffering away!” Perhaps you feel this way right now. I can tell you that I often feel this, and get very sad. Being born and raised a Roman Catholic,…

No more suffering

Once again, I find my little girl to be a beacon of sunshine. I sit here today feeling somewhat overwhelmed with suffering. Some of it is pity for myself, some is worry for loved ones, some is hurtful words and…

Pick your poison

The Three Poisons, the cause of human suffering as explained by the Buddha, is greed, hatred and delusion. These poisons fill our lives with suffering, unhappiness and dissatisfaction. They cause us to make unskillful choices and decisions, which affect our…