Thursday, October 26, 2006
♥ Thursday, October 26, 2006
SIBLINGPeace is so fragile isnt it. A comment, a sniff of someone's insensitivity or a brief moment of an unkind gesture and CRACK!
But the beauty of relationships is that i guess it can never be completely broken-there will be remnants and bits in the form of emotional ties or memories, and that if seen under the lens of gratefulness, can be a HUGE source of healing.
Lately, I guess my sister and I have brought each other to our boiling points. But I would think yesterday, more appropriate than any other day (because its the day i believe i get a new lease of life), we tried managing that crack btw the both of us. Note: word used is 'manage', not 'undo'
Wow..i just realised how hard it is to put it down in words..the history as tumultous as it is beautiful and wonderful, goes way way back...But i guess as we mature and actually try understanding each other, we begin to realise that we affect each other in ways we couldnt have imagined.
My sister's name is Michelle. She's thoughtful and caring. She's loud and she's stubborn. She's pretty and she is knowledgeable. She's assertive and she's painfully direct. She's friendly and she's very sociable. Sometimes I feel that I cant be perfect without her..haha all her character traits is just about what i lack. We complement each other so much we get on each other's nerves!
Yet, she's the one in family that really really knows whats going on la..Im the blur one. Its not that i dont bother..its perhaps i am blur, short attention span, or constantly somewhere else. I on the other hand, exhibit different characteristics that enhance our family scene- when im not in an emotional flurry, I am rationale and am able to deal with tense matters (as much as i might contribute to the tension sometimes!:)), I am the one who dares to bring in real issues of faith and priorities for discussion. So, yeah man, our idiosyncracies are really what makes our family unique and in many ways, alive!
But she's the one that I know i can just about tell everything..from crushes to studies, from ambitions to faith, from lame jokes to sad truths..is there anything more, really? Of course, we have our differences-and trust me, our differences and intolerances of each other stretch from 1 side of our neighbourhood to the other with our thunderous voices combined. Its quite funny, sometimes you look back at it..the booming madness from one house, and from that ONE house! Haha...i can already imagine when neighbours just get to discuss, I can ardy imagine the finger pointing and shaking of heads..If we aint famous, at least be infamous right?? haha.
Well, the ride has be nothing short of interesting. And there's much to praise God for.. i mean just looking around at the influences that hit us- for me its like army, smoking, the sleaze that secularism offers, and for her its like girl-girl relationships, perhaps smoking as well, the overwhelming wave of materialism and sensualism- we've kinda stood our grounds and juggled pretty well huh..not perfectly well of course, but pretty damn well. Owing that to our parents of course.. I guess, the last remaining question would be faith la. That would be Mum's idea of completion as a family. To not be segregated on any grounds, if any, at least not that of religion.
Cool dude my sister, eh?
