10 Powerful Mantras to Stop the Drama in Your Life

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The ability to not overreact, or engage too deeply in life’s drama, keeps your mind clear, your heart at peace, and you fully composed in otherwise uncontrollable situations.Why do we get so easily stressed out and sucked into drama?It’s because the world isn’t the predictable, orderly, blissful place we’d like it to be.

We want things to be easy, comfortable and well ordered. Unfortunately, work is hectic, relationships are challenging, people demand our time, we aren’t as prepared as we’d like to be, our family frustrates us, and there’s just too much to do and learn and process in our minds.So we get stressed out, and drama ensues.But the problem isn’t the world, or other people’s thoughts and behavior – these aspects of life will always be uncontrollable and a bit of a mess.The problem is that we’re holding on too tightly to ideals that don’t match reality.

We have subconsciously set up expectations in our minds of what we want other people to be, what we want ourselves to be, and what our work and relationships and life “should” be like.Our attachment to our ideals stirs anxiety in our minds and stress in our lives.Our resistance to accept things as they are fuels our drama.And we don’t want to be a part of this drama – at least that’s what we tell ourselves – so we blame others for it … which in turn creates even more of it.But there’s good news!