Patience...
Whenever you are the oldest of six and you have a four year old brother and a two year old sister, patience is something that is hard to come by. Patience is the most important thing to have whenever you are the oldest in a family no matter what size. I struggle with patience and I often lose my temper. That never turns out good and I usually just make a fool of myself. I have found out that a four year old boy has a lot of energy and breath in him. My four year old brother, Henry, is a very energetic and talkative boy. He is fun to play with, enjoyable in every way. But he is always wanting to play with me, even whenever I don't have time. He also will take things out of my room which never makes me happy. He can also be grumpy sometimes. Whenever he is grumpy and he is whining at me, I usually lose my temper with him and get him mad at me and I'm mad at him and my Mom or Dad is mad at both of us for fighting.
The way I have to learn to remedy this patience loss is to realize that he is only four and doesn't understand everything that I do. I have to learn to deal with what he does and what he doesn't do. God has blessed me with a great four year old little brother and he is a wonderful playmate, but whenever I fight and argue with him, I am abusing what God has given me. Henry has the amazing ability to communicate to the point that whenever he was two, he defined "to be patient" as "to wait." No two year old knows that that means and can put it as simply as he did. He is an amazing brother and he is the best of friends. Building a friendship with your younger siblings requires patience, understanding, and a loving, gentle, caring heart toward them.
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Ben, you have spoken wisely and I think it is a very nice thing that you have written here. Excellent job.
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