Acceptance through Detachment

Acceptance through Detachment Imagine getting horrible news that can change one’s life and change it forever but acceptance through detachment will make you see the news in a different light. Tuesday with Morrie is a memoir written by Mitch Albom. Acceptance through detachment is being able to accept the situation because of being able to detach from the horrible news. Being able to detach is something Morrie did quite often because it helped him accept what was going on in his life. To be happy and content when you’re entering a certain point of your life that involves changes cannot be easily achieved without acceptance in the situation and being able to move forward. To detach oneself is to live through a situation but then being able to live with it. It is the way to experience the emotion and know what it is to feel that emotion. After the bad news detachment is something that comes into play. Everyday people just live their lives going through the motions. “When you learn how to die, you learn how to live”(p.g. 104). When someone learns that they only have a certain amount of time left to live that is when they change their everyday schedule. When that happens people want to live every moment differently. Now everyday life is about completing everything exciting and adventures before there is no time left. Materialistic things are no longer a necessity but a need. Everyone is into materialistic items. People have no choice but to relay on it because they’re addicted. “You know what Buddhist say? Don’t cling to things, because everything is impermanent” (p.g. 103). People shouldn’t live their lives based on materialistic items because everything is temporary. The reason for not living your lives based on materialistic items is because then it will consume everything. What will happen when those items are not in your disposal and they’re not reliable anymore. The majority of people in the world are afraid of dying. Nobody wants to be told that they’re