Turn Your Melodrama into a Mellow-Drama

Richard Carlson著のDon't Sweat the Small Stuff…に書かれていた気に入った個所です。
Many people live as if life were a melodrama--"an extravagantly theatrical play in which action and plot predominate."
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The next time you feel stressed out, experiment with this strategy--remind yourself that life isn't an emergency and turn your melodrama into a mellodrama.