The man sat quietly drinking his coffee as he watched the activity on the street from the curb side café.  He liked to sit without thought, just observing the people scurrying around him.  He remembered when he was one of those people hustling to work, with his “worries of the day.”   “Would he get the report completed on time?  Would so-and-so be nicer today?  Would he ever get a raise?  Were the rumors of lay-offs true?”   Many different thoughts would go through his mind on his way to and from work.

When he would be at home, all he could think about was the “daily drama” that was going on his life.  It all seemed so important, at least at that moment in time.  Now, that he was retired, he had other “daily drama,” but he tried to at least recognize it and not get “caught up” in it.  He took another sip of coffee and watched people talking into their cell phones.  “Now the drama even continues while we’re walking,”  he thought.  “I’m sure glad I didn’t have 24/7 access to everyone I worked with.”

The man finished his coffee,  folded his printed newspaper placing it under his arm as he stood, and walked down the street back to his home.  “Yup, I’m glad I gave it all up to enjoy the years I have left,”  he told himself.

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Life is always going to contain the “drama du jour” if you let it.  What we need to focus on is the bigger picture.  Really, is what Julie said to you at work, all that important?  Do you really need to feel “hurt” because your boss didn’t compliment you on your report?  Maybe it’s time to look at the really big picture.  The “picture” that extends even beyond this lifetime.  Do you even know how to think that far beyond?  Now, may be a good time to start.  When you can begin to think beyond this lifetime, you begin to gain a perspective of what is really important.  You will begin to see how you might not squander those moments fretting over the things that are only important to you in the short-term.

Looking to the longer term and placing your energy there is what keeps you focused during this lifetime.  What is your life’s passion?  How is fretting over the “daily drama” going to help get you to doing your life’s passion?  Is it the ego’s need to discuss the daily drama so that you might feel justified in your emotional state, or in the position that you are about to take in this situation?

Life continues onward, one beat at a time.  When we use those precious “beats” to consume ourselves with the drama of the day, we are letting another day slip through our fingers.  What is really important to you?  Where would you like to spend your energy?  What is it you would like to attract more of into your life?  Well, no matter what you would like to attract, whatever it is you are placing such energy into, will present itself more and more in your life.  Whether you want it or not.

So, we challenge you to say “no” to the daily drama.  Keep your focus on your beacons that you have placed, or are going to place in your life.  Place energy around those things, so that the “daily drama” begins to disappear.  Eventually, there will be no “daily drama” because you will never give it enough energy to present itself in the first place.

A good place to start, is to disconnect from outcome.  When you accept everything and anything into your life, you will have no reason for the stress associated with getting something that you think you do not want.  When you begin to understand that you are here to learn many lessons during this lifetime, you realize those “things” that you think you do not want, are just another lesson.  Much like a student prefers not to have homework, but understands that it is a necessary part of learning, you will begin to accept the lessons that enter your life.

When you accept everything and disconnect from outcome, you see that there is really no reason to fret over the current situation, and to worry about the future.  Accept what is, and place your energy on what it is you think you would like to attract into your life.  When you do that, you will be living in peace, and the drama in your life will be gone.

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Place your energy on what you would like to develop and attract into your life.  Release the need to control the outcome, and you will find that the drama in your life will dissipate.

Written Fri Mar 28, 214, 11:13 – 11:31 AM MT