Attachments

I try hard to not get attached to many things but it happens everytime. Today, my neighbour Asha said that she was going to sell her house. The thought of her leaving and new people living beside us made me sad. I was never very close to her but I don't know why I feel so sad. Is it the sorrow of her leaving, or the fear of someone else coming? Is it so that I am afraid of change but get attached to the things which have changed? We do not realize the importance of things until they are taken away from us. When I was in Diana Tea Estate, I wasn't happy at all but as soon as I came to peace, we had to move. I was amazed at the attachment I had developed to it and tears which rolled down easily. It always takes years for me to settle in peacefully in any place but as soon as I begin to accept it, it is taken. Why are things taken away from us when we accept them? I try hard to not get attached so I don't mourn when something is taken from me. Maybe things are taken from us to make us realize their values.