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Peace of mind

By Pet Labs
How have you been? I have been doing pretty good, I said

Why "pretty"? Well, there were days when I wanted to cry, days when I wanted to laugh out loud and also days when I felt like I wasn't part of the world

Today I felt like I was nonexistent. Chaos in my mind that I had to pretend that I was fine and I'm sure you have also had plenty of days as such. During monents like these I practice some activities to regain my peace of mind 

Activities that help me cope up

- slow and conscious breathing 
My most favourite activity to help relieve myself of anything and everything is slow conscious breathing. I believe in living a life in the middle path (I'm not deeply into any religion). When feeling sad, I breathe slow and even when I'm overly happy still I breathe slow to make sure that I'm in the middle path and that I'm grounded. To those who wonder what the middle path is, it is to live a life where you're not extremely sad nor extremely happy. This helps one to take everything as what they are and to let go of anything that consumes one unnecessarily

- pet my dog
This is my form of meditation. I have tried to sit down, close my eyes and to meditate but to pet my dog has made me feel. Playing with my dog also makes me laugh which help me gain peace of mind. As an individual who works with pets on a daily basis and having different clients sharing their pets' stories with me, I believe that any pet can bring peace of mind to a human. It's a matter of how the pet is being raised, how much psychologically close one's pet is to their pet owner. Your pet could be a fish, a cat, a guniea pig, a cow or a pig. They too have souls and could share a higher level of mental bonding with a human being if treated with affection

- I write
When I'm confused I write. If I have unexpressed sadness, I will put my thoughts into pen. This is how I let go of all my negative thoughts

Little things like these help me gain peace of mind...Hey, I'm still not perfect but my only goal in life right now is to grow in peace each day

Try out all or atleast one of the above tips to improve peace within yourself

How peace of mind helps a person:
- improves focus on one's goals 
- improves one's character 
- lessens the urge to gossip
- improves the ability to cope up with whatever that comes up 
- can easily or with less difficulty can let go of anything that one has no control of 
- improves balance in life as a whole 

To all those who are already practicing peace of mind, I'm curious, can you share your tips with me in the comments below?

Have a peaceful day folks!

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