"Be the peace that someone deserves"

 "Be the peace that someone deserves"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

My wife has a very hyperactive mind. It is always preoccupied with something for next week or next month or even years down the line.

It comes with the nature of her work but also in the 2 decades that I have been with her it speaks to who she is as a person of drive and ambition. 

So it is normal for her to have trouble sleeping. I expect that hand or hug at my back whenever I am home. A clear signal that she needs to talk or mostly for me to listen.

And 90% of the time it is about how she can’t sleep because of this or that reason which is mostly negated by her sleeping on my chest a few minutes after venting.

All I do is listen. I sit still. I don’t need to solve her problems because she can. Maybe I buy her chocolates when she requests it hahaha. 

Be that one person who can calm others. It does not need to be everyone. It just has to be the people who matter most.