How to have a peaceful life (Inspired from Patrick Jane's quotes)

I've always loved watching "The Mentalist" series. Every single episode from 7 seasons is never disappointing. I love the main characters there: Teresa Lisbon, Patrick Jane, Kimball Cho, Wayne Rigsby, and Grace Van Pelt.

My focus here is not about what "The Mentalist" is about. If you want to know what it is about, you can just watch from HOOQ or TV or others. It's much more fun to watch than to tell. My focus is about some quotes that I get from Patrick Jane, the mentalist.

Some quotes are funny and informative, some others are annoyingly true. But at least, those quotes make me think.

Like this quote: "If you stop seeing the world in terms of what you like and what you dislike and see things for what they truly are in themselves, you will find a great deal more peace in your life." (Season 2 Episode 6: Black Gold and Red Blood)

What Patrick Jane says is so true. If we often talk about what we like,  other things we don't talk about are ignored. The truth is, there is always something likable from anything. Let's say you dislike snakes because you are afraid of them. How unpeaceful your life is everytime you run into snakes. You worry about being bitten, you worry you cannot find them if they enter your house, you worry that you will die because of the poison, and so many other worries. But if you look closely at their face, they are undoubtedly pretty. And also, if you think what they think when they meet you, you will realize that they think you will kill him. So, to get peace when you meet a snake, just think as it is. It is an animal which needs food and shelter, and they belong to the universe. So do you.

Or this quote:  "Being sorry is far worse punishment than being dead. Everybody dies. Very few people ever feel truly sorry for the bad things they've done." (Season 1 Episode 2: Red Hair and Silver Tape)

When it comes to talking about crimes and punishments, the most heinous crimes deserve death penalty. But according to Patrick Jane, being dead is not scary for heinous criminals because all people will die sooner or later. It feels much heavier for us if we are guilty and we really regret doing that. Living with having regret and feeling sorry will really punish us. And not many people can live that life.

Or this quote: "People trapped in miserable lives always talk about escaping. Few actually do it. It's easier just to close your eyes and pretend the misery doesn't exist."  (Season 2 Episode 4: Red Menace)

Who never has problems in life? Nobody. When our life is in misery, we really want to run away from it. Stay far far away from that misery. But we can't. (Well, some of us do run away from that misery). So it really ruins our days.  We will be in a bad mood, look sad, angry, depressed, and empty. Therefore Patrick Jane advises us to close our eyes for a moment to ask our brain to be able to pretend that the misery is not there with us. Then when we open our eyes, we will feel a little lighter because we take a deep breath and create a smile.