"You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction. Perform work in this world, Arjuna, as a man established within himself - without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat."

-Mahabharat

Dependence on material things, worldly relations and pleasure-seeking steadily decrease as our love for God increases. Interestingly, as we move towards the Lord with faith, love and devotion, we automatically develop a certain amount of detachment to worldly objects.

For example, when the child is a baby, parents buy her toys. But as she grows and become a teenager, do we not want her to outgrow the toys and develop academic pursuits? Similarly, in life, we have to grow out of desire for the lower and seek the higher and subtler. We need to distance ourselves from the ‘toys’ of the world.

Spirituality is that in which faith, love and devotion for God steadily increase, as desire for and attachment to objects and beings progressively decrease. The spirit or essence of spirituality can be practiced in any walk of life. Firstly, as we live life, we spend some time reflecting on its meaning. We ask ourselves: is there a greater purpose to this existence? Such a line of thinking and contemplation is possible in your family life. 

Secondly, the various relationships and numerous duties we have can be different. But an attitude of service can be maintained in the performance of these.

Thirdly, let’s overcome our psychological dependence on things and beings. So, give up past regrets and let go worries of the future. Lastly, our goal should be a state where attachments and pleasure-seeking from the world are reduced. Simultaneously, love for God and longing for this knowledge is intensified.

We have no control over the result. We just have to do our duties without getting attached to anything. Imagine that your entire life is a movie and you are mere an actor/actress. God is our director. He has given everyone of us some roles which we have to perform well. Whilst playing your role don't get attached with your character; with other co-actors. A specialist heart surgeon, who has conducted hundreds of operations cannot operate his daughter because he is attached to her. Similarly if we get attached to someone we will not be able to perform our duties well.            

"Never get too attached to anyone because attachments leads to expectations and expectations lead to disappointments."