"But wait," I said. "Aren't you always talking about experiencing life? All the good emotions, all the bad ones?"

"Yes."

"Well how can you do that if you're detached?"

"Ah, you're thinking, Mitch. But detachment doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That is how you are able to leave it." - Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom