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 Our attachment to loved ones and friends is also very addicitive. And it is one of the toughest attachments to get rid of too. You cannot hate them because you would end up hating yourself. Loving them too much also sometimes ends up in a not so favorable situation. As the author mentioned, it requires a lot of skill to be able to achieve that balance. It requires a lot of spiritual guidance too in order to achieve complete detachment. In my life, I'm having this constant battle between how much to be attached and how to detach myself.

Thanks for the excellent and thought provoking article. From my personal experience, a very minute incident that happens to us triggers a gush of feelings of fear and anxiety about the past and future. It is just a tendency of the mind to feed more negative thoughts when it is aware that there is a minute one already existing in the present moment. Once we realize this or become aware of this nature of the mind, we would acknowledge our folly in spoiling the present moment for the past or future. So "Awareness" of our mind and thoughts is the key to establishing a tranquility in the present moment.