A Bond Like No Other

This post is about brother and sister relationship. I just share this post to tell how importance is the sibling relationship in this world. Siblings are boon given by god. There exist siblings who are friends but there also exist siblings who are separated by rivalry, fights and hatred. There are people who share more affectionate relationships with friends than with their own siblings. But according to me, developing friendship among siblings is great.

Anyone who have either a brother, a sister or both will know a little bit about sibling rivalry. An ideal brothers and sisters will get along faster, even if they did have fights, they would learn to forget and forgive. Even if we want sibling relationships to be peaceful and loving, we cannot expect those friendly terms to exist always.

There are siblings who separate from each other after they grow up and busy with their own lives. But the fact that can’t be changed is “Siblings know you better than anyone”. They may not always admire you. But they will always be intensely interested in you.

From the time, we are born our brothers and sisters are our role models. They are our protectors, scolds, playmates, source of envy, objects of pride. They help us to learn how to solve problems, how to build friendships and when to walk away from them.

Nothing can change the care of a brother for his sister and vice versa. You can’t be more connected to yourself, when you are not connected to your sister or brother. It’s very true that we cannot pick and choose who is in our family. But we can learn to live together with affection and care. This not only applies to sibling relationships but to all relationships in common. Good or bad, happy or sad, there is a reason for everything and there is a reason you became family.

“A sibling may be the keeper of one's identity, the only person with the keys to one's unfettered, more fundamental self” 

                               -Marian Sandmaier