You may have also been the recipient of unsolicited (and unwelcome) advice too many times to count.
Ever notice how that very same sibling just gushes, like a newly discovered oil well, with advice they never seem to heed themselves?
That brilliant battle cry is "I'M OLDER THAN YOU, I DON'T NEED YOUR ADVICE!"
Say what? Since when does a few extra years on this planet automatically (and permanently) make the younger child the dumb one in need of 'mature' guidance and the older one oh-so-much-wiser? Perhaps in the early years when a tiny and vulnerable brain has not yet matured and gained the ability to come to its own conclusions. But decades later? Something is seriously amiss here...
Age does not necessarily equal wisdom, as so many of us have discovered in our journey through this thing called life. Wisdom is earned ~ through every experience of misguided trust, a broken heart, shattering disappointments ~ as well as the many positive adventures that eventually combine to make a human being the sum total of their parts. And whatever the road taken to arrive at that final destination, it is a road best traveled alone for the most part, not with an older brother or sister negatively interfering every step of the way.
So, for every older and know-it-all sibling out there, you may want to consider the words of Bob Dylan:
"Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now..."
And if that doesn't make sense to you, here's another Bob Dylan quote:
"Go away from my window, leave at your own chosen speed. I'm not the one you want, babe, I'm not the one you need..."
Time to rewind your own tape and start all over again!
