Dear January,attachment / detachmentThe state of detachment goes both ways: it is ideal in a world of many changes and uncertainties, but it has its own pitfall. Who are we without our attachments to people, our professions, our favorite things, our homes, our cities? Who are we if not our parents' children, our siblings' brothers/sisters, someone's friend, someone's spouse, someone's lover, or our children's parents? It is said that our individual lives only truly exist...