The power of pets

Pets can have a big influence on their owners and people around them. It is true that this influence is not always positive because bad behaviors as tear a pillow apart or sharp the nails on the couch can produce negative reactions in their owners. However, pets can have a big positive influence on people too. Pets can cheer people up, helping them dealing with anxiety and sadness. For instance, every time I am sad I try to spend as much time as possible with my pets because it is a lot of fun and helps me forget about my problems and the reasons why I am sad. Many times, pets do weird things that are funny, for instance my cats play tag. They jump from tree to tree following each other which makes me laugh and cheers me up a lot. I also love to look at my aquarium whenever I feel stressed. To look at the fish swimming so peacefully relaxes me a lot and makes me realize that no matter how bad my situation looks, I still have a lot of good things in life that I am not looking at. For instance when my uncle died, I was really depressed and thought that my life was a bunch of problems. However, after staring at my aquarium for hours I got really calm and realized that instead of being sad I should be spending as much time as possible with my other family members.