Detachment means that you become profoundly, actively involved, but you do so without clinging to your concept of what you expect the outcome of your involvement to be. It is a decision not to be highly emotional in favor of reacting calmly in a thoughtful and unbiased way. It is not being uncaring or cold, rather it is being totally objective and involved.

Detachment is what allows a person to become intimate with people, projects and experiences. Because you do not have to have it all work out your way, you can afford to invest yourself in the new normal instead of holding back lest you get your feelings hurt or become disappointed. Detachment is about bringing your whole self, your inner core, to a situation and having the faith to trust that you will be okay no matter what the outcome.

Faith thrives on being non-attached. The reason that faith can thrive in such an atmosphere is that it invites openness and freedom, remaining free of fixed ideas of what an outcome should be. This allows life to flow, finding something positive in the midst of uncertainty and focusing on what you can do rather than what’s wrong. All of this is tremendously important if we are to experience fulfillment in what we do and who we are.