Our True Soulmates

Sibling? The mere recognition of this title given to person turns life completely upside down. Or so we think.

Even though they drive us mad, from fighting on the silliest and most trivial things, to taking away and hiding everything we own; they are still the best companions one could ever have. They came from the same place we did; and yet, they are so

different.

As far as I remember, I asked for a sibling because one of my friends was about to have a sibling, and so my 5-yr-old brain thought that I would feel lonely after the baby came into this world. The older brother wouldn't play with me anymore. To the 5-yr-old brain of mine it was a grave issue. And so came my sister into our lives.

Sometimes I really wonder why my mother didn't use the same tactics as my aunt. You see, my cousin brother too asked for a sibling not soon after. So my aunt got their neighbor's 3-yr-old daughter and asked my brother to be with her for an hour or so. Then my aunt slipped inside the bedroom.

It wasn't even ten minutes before my cousin brother was standing on the dining table, clutching his toys tightly, shouting, "I don't want a brother or sister! I don't want a brother or sister! Take her away! I won't give her my toys!"

I wonder how my life would have been today if my mom had done the same to me.

On the brighter side though, having a sibling actually seems to be one of the best things to have ever happened to me. Siblings simply teach you so much!

The thing that they are most successful in teaching is to share and accommodate. No matter how much you try and shield your belongings from their hands, they still manage to get them (and eventually break them too). But that's the way things work until one day, it sinks in that what is mine is yours too.

Siblings help us to learn to mend broken relationships in a way. Even after a fight and having a go at each other, one naughty gaze is enough to break the trance and make us laugh and forgive each other. This is key in every relationship--to forgive. In future, whatever the situation might be, such past experiences help us make our way through this world.

They also inculcate in us the habit of caring not just for ourselves, but others too. When we are in trouble, more than parents, it hurts to see your sibling in pain; irrespective of the number of fights you've had or fists you've shoved into each other's faces and stomachs.

Aah. Now comes the thing that is tested most by our siblings-- patience. Need I explain?

Moreover, we know that come what may, even after our beloved parents are no more with us, our siblings will be right here for us. That is most important, for how many ever friends you might have made in your lifetime, none but this relation of a sibling will come to your rescue, leaving aside everything that might be important to them.

We can't choose our family. I bet siblings are a gift from God to you as you are to them.

And right after reading all this my sister's about to faint (out of disbelief)!