The Taoist position is more nuanced than to have &quot;a lack of attachment&quot;. The lack of attachment is so you wouldn&#x27;t feel compelled to <i>force</i> the existence of mental constructs like family, culture, love, hate, beauty, honor, good, evil, progress. Imagine if the law prescribed the words you can say to your parents&#x2F;brothers&#x2F;sisters&#x2F;friends&#x2F;shopkeepers. You may be saying &quot;Thank you so much&quot; to the shopkeeper, but by being forced to do it, the meaning behind &quot;Thank you so much&quot; is completely lost.<p>The Taoist position is not to have no narrative. It is to apply relentless non-interference to things, people, and ideas that are in our lives. It is only by standing back, feeling unattached, doing nothing coercive, that family, culture, love, hate, beauty, honor, good, evil, and progress arise naturally, so you can experience life to the fullest.<p>e.g. By trying to force a relationship&#x2F;family&#x2F;reunion&#x2F;ideas into happening, it breaks it, and what was going to be, no longer will be.