There is no drama with your true Self.

At the center of yourself there is no drama. There is no drama with your true Self. The image, likeness and being of God is the underlying, unchanging, and fundamental nature and reality of who you are. That Self is at peace, well, and free. There is no drama there.

Which means that the drama you are now absorbed in is either something you created or you are choosing to involve yourself in.

There is actually no drama in life, there is only what is happening. How we respond to what happens, internally and/or eternally, is what creates the drama.

Of course there are times when the conditions and circumstances of our lives are difficult, and it is certainly normal and appropriate to feel and express all the natural accompanying emotions. There may even be further choices and actions to take related to the difficulty we are experiencing.

But too often, we aren’t doing any of those things. Instead, we get all wound up in histrionics. The main reason for this is that we imagine that we are separated from love, peace, freedom, worth, wholeness, and well-being, and we are forever striving to manipulate and control people and circumstances in order to gain and keep these realities. In a scenario like that, virtually any person can be viewed as a threat, and we become so dependent upon people and circumstances to make us happy that even the mildest disturbance or change throws us into an emotional tailspin.

On the other hand, we are often fearful of pressing too deeply into the reality of our own lives, and become absorbed in the drama of others as a distraction. Whether it’s the drama we are creating ourselves or the drama of others we become absorbed in, both are indications that we are not living inside the truth of who we really are.