Attachment says " I want you to make me happy" whereas love says " I want to make you happy"

The major difference between attachment and love is that love is a feeling directed toward the “other” (the other person, place or thing), while attachment is a self-centered meaning thereby that attachment is based on fulfilling your need from others. If you are talking about collecting things, then in my opinion concentrating less on things and more on experiences makes you happier and gives you more freedom.

If you are referring to attachments as in people, then I would say, get rid of the toxic relationships and keep the people who support you, help you grow and give meaning to the communication. In this case quality over quantity would be the best way to approach it and to gain from both love and attachment.

The true thing is however often people fail to see the difference between attachment and love. Defining both terms, attachment means many things, ranging from emotional affection to physical affection. We can probably define it as a strong emotional bond. Whereas, love is a direct feeling to somebody else and it is outward expression whereas attachment is inward need of someone. Being emotionally attached to someone means having feelings of concern and care for someone, and not wanting the friendship or relationship to end. It's an emotional connection to another person.

Emotional attachment doesn't just show its face when you're together but also when you're apart. This means he thinks about you when you're not around. So, if your beloved checks in with a text or phone call throughout the day just to say hi or to see how you're doing, he is emotionally attached to you.

An emotional connection to something or someone is never bad. However, there is a line between a healthy attachment, and an unhealthy one. However, you should always be your number one priority, and therefore it's important to establish a healthy, emotional connection with yourself first.

Unhealthy attachment is however not healthy when you're willing to abandon your own work or duty or interests to dedicate yourself to solving their problems; when you just can't leave them to sort things out on their own. It might feel like you're being supportive, but it's actually a little disrespectful. The key is letting go of all superficial attachments, ridding your life of toxic people, forgiving your abusers, ridding yourself of guilt, etc.

One often learns that happiness is liberated by letting go, but there is value in some attachments, particularly to other people. Knowing this, one can better orchestrate their lives, and have a rich life that includes action, peace, happiness, sadness, love, and dislike, and not get stuck in unhappy places.

For almost everybody, this is as far as you need to take it. For a very tiny subset of the population, the next step will be to get rid of the things that you love, once again to replace them with something even better. But I wouldn’t worry about that for now. Get rid of the attachments that hurt you, and replace them with things that hurt you less, and you’ll be amazed at how much better your life can become.

By separating yourself from these things, and replacing them with more positive things, can make a big difference in your happiness. Then keep going. I saw a great t-shirt once that explained the latter stages: Get rid of the things that you like to make space for the things that you love. Stay blessed! #kishoreshintre