Meaning

Meaning gives value. The more meaning something or someone has the more it's worth. The greater it's worth when accumulated the greater it's loss when gone. During the financial crisis there were several reports of suicides. Those who lost an enormous amount of money in the stock market saw no reason to continue living after that loss. The shock, devastation, worry and fear were too much for them to handle. They're what drove them to plummet to their death by jumping from a window, overdosing on pain medication and/or drugs, hanging or shooting themself.

There have also been reports of crimes of passion where one would kill the other then him/herself because the pain of losing that person was inconceivable. Having to deal with the loss would be too great, too dark, too heavy, too scary. This is so because we give meaning to everything and everyone in our lives. For example, a calculator has more meaning to an Accountant than an Entertainer. A calculator is how an Accountant gets their work done. A spouse has more meaning to one than a stranger.  A life is built together with a spouse.

Be mindful now and more conscious of how much meaning you give, for the greater the meaning the greater the loss. You've always had the power to control the meaning of things/people in your life, so choose wisely now and decide today how much meaning you'll give when someone says/does something you don't like. Give it a lot of meaning and they'll ruin your day. Give it little to no meaning and you'll either create a state of peace for yourself or you'll continue on in your state of  peace.

If peace of mind means a lot to you, please know all you have to do is give less meaning to others than peace and you'll always have more peace.