Shrug Therapy

In her book, Look Great Feel Great, Joyce Meyer offers a few suggestions on de-stressing our lives. I was particularly interested in her description of shrug therapy.

There are many things we can control in our lives--choice of job, friends, personal health...

But, we cannot control the stock market, opinions and actions of others, weather...

How we react to things we cannot control will determine our stress levels and the quality of our health.

According to Meyer, people who shrug off upsets do a lot better. The bible calls it "casting your care." It is important to note that shrugging does not mean indifference; it simply means that there is nothing we can do to change a situation at a particular moment in time.