(Unirio 1998)Feeling down? Look up!1 According to

(Unirio 1998)

Feeling down? Look up!

1  According to Sarah Conn, Ph.D., instructor in psychology at Cambridge Hospital at Harvard Medical School, taking the time to pause and look up at the sky is a natural way to reduce stress.

2  First, sky watching gives you a break. Simply stopping to lift your head and look up "releases you from your usual mode of rushing to your next destination - which reduces tension," explains Conn.

3 It can even be comforting, she adds. When your emotions are riding high, "the ever-changing clouds and colors of the sky are a reassuring reminder that your own state of mind is temporary. It's a relief to remember that, This too shall pass."

4 At the same time, the vastness of the sky makes problems less overwhelming by putting them in perspective. "Sky watching reminds you that you're part of a much larger picture," says Conn.

5 And as stress begins to ebb you may find that it's replaced by a renewed sense of possibility and optimism: "You'll gain a new appreciation for the old saying, 'The sky's the limit.'"

From GLAMOUR - July 1997, p. 99.

The word SHALL in "This too shall pass. (par.3) conveys the meaning of: