Peacemaker at War

He was tired but where does the peacemaker go when at war within himself? A peacemaker. Numerous personality tests had confirmed what he already knew about himself. He despised conflict, tension, strife and did his best to mend fences, to negotiate compromises, to build bridges when necessary - all to maintain some sense of, not necessarily order but calm. Keep things copacetic, was his motto.

Normally he was fine with his role in life - deep down, he harbored a kind of secret pride for it - but lately things had just gotten out of hand. In his mind, it was one thing to be there for the novel solution, the unseen middle way, but lately it's been the same damn conflict between the same damn coworkers and the solution was the same every time. It was just a matter of making sure the one listened to and heard what the other person was saying rather than letting them develop counter-arguments while ignoring the other. He'd spend a moment listening to both sides and when it was clear that the two were stuck circling one another with one-tracked arguments, he would step in, summarize the view of each to the other and remind them that they'd been there before.