The Tug of Attachment: Navigating Life’s Ups and Downs

Siara
3 min readAug 14, 2023
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In a world buzzing with an array of news, opinions, and emotions, we find ourselves constantly enveloped in a whirlwind of experiences. Some elicit joy, love, and pride, while others evoke sorrow, pain, and agony. When we consider this whirlwind in its entirety, it boils down to a binary spectrum — positivity and negativity.

As I traverse through the tapestry of places I’ve explored in my lifetime, a recurrent theme emerges — a prevailing undercurrent of sadness or its myriad derivatives. Rather than relishing life’s intrinsic joys, people seem to be engrossed in resolving personal dilemmas. Sharing tales of anguish has become more commonplace than recounting tales of happiness. This phenomenon is exacerbated by the unattainable goals that humans relentlessly chase, their pursuit seemingly unceasing. The endless cycle of achieving one goal, only to immediately replace it with another, and yet another, perpetuates an unending spiral where losing holds more significance than winning.

In moments of introspection, I pose the question — why? What is the driving force behind such intricate human behavior? What spawns these daily conundrums? Is humanity accountable for this pattern, or is there a different catalyst at play?

In my contemplation, it becomes evident that the root cause of these complexities…

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Siara

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