Cherie DiNoia, Author at Tiny Buddha

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Cherie is a coach, a mom, an entrepreneur, and a champion for happiness. She is committed to standing for people to choose their own happiness. You can read her blog, where she laughs at herself, and shares her own discoveries at: http://www.CherieDiNoia.com

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Let Go of Attachment: You Can Be Happy Even if Things Change

By Cherie DiNoia

“Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh

A wise old soul once told me that I needed to practice not being attached.

I honestly had no idea what he was talking about. I remember he gave me a very intelligent and understandable definition of attachment, but because it made such little sense to me, there was very little I could do with it. It was incomprehensible.

I have found that, like the definition of attachment, it isn’t the teachings themselves that give us the answer; it is our own discovery, in …