A daily quiet time allows us to recognize what is truly important to us as we dial back the worries and other distracting thoughts. They explain that silence offers opportunities for self-reflection and daydreaming that activate multiple parts of the brain. Health experts agree, however, that a period of daily quiet is helpful to both body and mind. Over the years, we have learned to adjust to each other’s preferences. He also enjoys the noisy action movies and is drawn to films made based upon Marvel comics. Whenever I need to drive his Ford, the radio comes on with the ignition switch. My husband, on the other hand, seems to need background noise. I also prefer to drive in silence - no radio for me.

I have never needed “background noise” nor do I go to movies full of noisy car crashes and explosions.

In college, I headed to the library and spent the night alone, studying in the deep quiet of the stacks until the librarian blinked the lights to let students know she would be locking up soon. During the school year, I came home at the end of the day, plopped down on my bed and just looked out the window until my mother called me down to supper. I would sit up there and read as the bees hummed around me amid the apple blossoms in early summer. As a kid, one of my favorite places was the crook at the top of the apple tree in our backyard.

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