One Apple A Day #472 - non-attachment
Non-attachment is a powerful practice. But it's not easy at all. We live immersed in a culture that celebrates achievements and material wealth. It's hard to do something without being attached to the outcome. Yet, anytime I've been able to experience non-attachment, my performances surged. This practice of writing every morning is a good example. When I started I had no goal but writing. Being completely detached from the outcome, it was easy for me to sit down and write. Then, once the practice became a habit and my writing began to improve, I started paying attention to the results. I wanted to write something good because I knew I could. I developed an attachment to the outcome, and I experienced the first difficulties. Days when words weren't flowing, ideas were not coming, and my posts became less authentic. Then I realized that nobody was expecting anything from me. Nobody was reading me. That gave me freedom. And with that freedom words started flowing again. Until lately, when I realized that I was focusing, again, on the outcome. I have some readers, and I wanted to write something meaningful for them. For you.
The attachment to the outcome was getting in the way of my creativity. Last days writing hasn't been as fluid as usual. And this morning I was stuck. I was ready to give up and call it a day. And when that thought came, when I gave up my attachment to the outcome this post emerged.