Try not to confuse "attachment" with "love".  Attachment is about fear and dependency and has more to do with love of self than love of another.  Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn't about what others can give you because you're empty.  It is about what you can give others because you're already full.   Yasmin Mogahed Well happy valentine's day!  Today's quote popped up in my queue and I thought, "Why not!" *grin* When you can love without tying someone to you and trying to tie yourself to someone then you know you are loving in healthy and right ways.  Yes we can be attached but what is the attachment created from?  Chains of fear and co-dependency or "chains" of freedom and unconditional love (which aren't chains at all really)?  When we attach ourselves to someone and call it "love" it is only really love when we are not dependent on them for our emotions, our fulfillment, and our s...