Serenity Comes From Nonattachment

Serenity and freedom from attachment are linked. When you are upset, look to see where the attachment lies. Let it go and experience serenity.
Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian

Roy Eugene Davis translates the core teaching on non-attachment from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali as "dispassionate non-attachment enables one to consciously control urges, cravings and instinctual drives."  We can live fully attached to outcomes or use the enhanced self-awareness from our meditation practice to make rightly guided choices in life, even after disappointment. When we are selfishly attached to the results of our actions, we squander the opportunity to learn something new and we suffer. As Yogacharya O'Brian has written "with non-attachment, one cares about their work because it is an offering to God... The core of non-attachment is the realization that God is the doer." We care about the results of our actions but are humbly ready to serve.