Old Soul

 A thought came to me this morning. 

My husband and I were having somewhat of a conversation. Him quickly logging off his work computer while I did most of the talking. Him nodding his head and acknowledging my conversation but then quickly walks out of the room and as quick as he was out he was in before I even finish my sentence. A bowl of cereal in his hand and chewing away like a hungry child starving all day.

I turned to him and said, "the way you chew...the sound of your spoon hitting your bowl...it's annoying me".

He then stops chewing and seems to finally swallow his mouthful of cereal. Afterward he said to me "This is why both your girls are sensitive to sound. You don't like noise. For example, when you listen to music you only listen to calm music and even have it turned down".

Obviously I responded back quickly like a child trying to prove my innocence saying "that's not true. I listen to loud music too."

At this point he walked out of the room leaving me in my thoughts. "Did I offend him? Was I too harsh?"

After a minute or two of silence to myself, I walked out of the room to apologized. I didn't mean to be rude, I was just pointing it out to him if he didn't noticed how loud he was being. I told him I know why he came into the room to eat his cereal. I was the rude person because I kept talking to him even though I knew he was working. He was just trying to not be rude to me. How funny is that?

And yes, I guess I am an old soul. I don't enjoy loud music in the morning or during the night when I'm in bed. I get annoyed when it's 2 am and the neighbors have their music on blast. I get annoyed when I hear my mother-in-law banging the pots in the morning. I don't like loud voices in the hall when I'm trying to enjoy a movie on Netflix on my phone. I like peace and quiet. The sound of rain fall is the right volume of noise and the tapping sound on my keyboard is like music to my ears. This is my peace. This is my joy. The quietness is beautiful.

And he is right. My girls are like me after all. There are times when loud music and loud noise is okay but I enjoy the peace more.

It takes a love one to tell and it takes time for one to accept themselves to truly become a happier person or a person that is content. I am content knowing I'm okay being a person that enjoys the mostly quiet life.