Day 17 Breakday
Today was a break day from HERO Earth . No headphones, just me, the city, and a long walk with no destination.
Somewhere between the park and a quiet alley café, something clicked. I randomly recalled a Buddhist teaching I once read:
“Attachment leads to suffering. Don’t let the things you cling to control you.”
It hit different today.
Because today—I didn’t feel attached to anything.
Not to results. Not to outcomes. Not even to passing thoughts or people walking by.
I wasn’t numb. I wasn’t avoiding.
I was present.
Aware.
Detached but fully alive.
I realized non-attachment doesn’t mean you stop loving or caring. It means you stop chaining yourself to things. You stop gripping so tightly that you forget how to breathe. You love fully, enjoy deeply, and still let go when it’s time. No panic. No grasping.
Today, I walked for hours through the city and the park with this inner calm like I was the one in control. Not because I forced it. But because I stopped needing it.
And in that space, I felt real power. Quiet power.