Reflection on Siblings' Relationship

Throughout this day, I was with the company of my sisters, I felt quite saddened because I did experience being cut short at the middle of my utterances by my elder sister whom I have looked up to for years. Well, I know nobody is perfect. Yet, I cannot help myself from having this kind of resentment towards her.

It was the very first time that I was stopped from talking in a public place by my sister who was not in the mood the whole day. Then, on hindsight, I realized, I also did the same thing to my younger sister. Since this was the very first time for me to have experienced such thing, it was kind of painful. Me, a mature adult, a professional at that, being hushed without even listening to the merits of my statements. Then, right there and then, as if a thunderbolt struck me in the head, and made me think, “Oh, it sounds familiar, I have done such thing before – letting my sister stop talking right at the middle of our conversation. My only reason was I was so tired doing my work the whole day and I wanted to rest, and I refused to hear any more noise so as I could retire that night.

Little did I know that I was hurting my sister’s feeling then. It was only when I did experience the same embarrassing situation of being hushed, that I was able to understand how it felt.

This insight taught me a great lesson about how I can improve my relationship with my siblings. Yes, I was hurt, yes I was saddened by the experience, yes, I was kind of pissed off but with little wisdom I gained from such a painful circumstance in my life, I learned to be more careful with every word I will say; lest, I may continuously cause misery and pain to my loved ones.