With attachments, all too often we find ourselves desiring what we wish for or perhaps missing what we had. It is as if we held a treasured item our hand. After a while, we might see it and little else.
Our thoughts keep returning to it, our eyes keep seeking it. We hold tight. We focus intently on the object of our desiring, our missing.
It is as if we were staring at a tiny grain of sand grasped firmly between two fingers.
We cannot let go.
In our focussing, we fail to look up. In our inability to let go, we do not see what lies beyond—the beach with countless grains of sand, seashells, birds, the sunrise, the sky.
What if we do let go?
We will gain so much more than that which we let go of.