Episode 6x07 "Give Peace a Chance" monologues

Opening monologue: Derek Shepherd

Ask most surgeons why they became surgeons
and they usually tell you the same thing;
it was for the high, the rush, the thrill that comes
from cutting someone open and saving their life.
For me it was different, maybe it's because I grew up
in a house with four sisters.
No, definitely because I grew up in a house with four
sisters.
Because it was the quiet that drew me to surgery.
The operating room is a quiet place, peaceful, it has
to be in order for us to stay alert.
And to stave complications.
When you stand in the OR, your patient open on the table,
all the world's noise, all the worries that it brings..disappears.
A calm settles over you.
Time passing without thought.
For that moment you feel completely at peace.



Closing monologue: Derek Shepherd

Ask most surgeons, why they became surgeons.
They usually tell you the same thing; the high,
the rush, the thrill of the cut.
For me, it was the quiet.

Peace isn't a permanent state.
It exists in moments.
Fleeting; gone before we even knew it was there.
We can experience it at any time; in a strangers
act of kindness.
A task that requires complete focus.
Or simply the comfort of an old routine.

Everyday, we all experience these moments
of peace.
The trick is to know when they're happening.
So that we can embrace them, live in them...
and finally let them go.