20170823 Let go of desire for highly specific outcome

While not exactly Buddhist, I do subscribe to the principle that attachment causes suffering. I interpret attachment anguish to be the disparity between expected and actual. We can mitigate that disparity, and become resilient, by letting go of desire for highly specific outcomes. Quit hoping for that one very special thing or event or person that would finally make you happy (you think). I am not saying to give up on fulfillment. By all means strive to survive and flourish. Also, be open to alternate paths. Many of those possibilities aren't on your radar yet—and you won't see them—until you stop wishing, looping, fixating, on that very particular outcome and the one true way there.