Question:“On being compared with a sibling”
On being compared with a sibling
Siblings are born in the same house and so are set on the same scale. But two people from one house are not one person. They are two answers from one house.
When a parent compares, do not argue. Say one sentence: “They are they, and I am I.” Then, this week, ask that sibling to teach you one thing you cannot do. A rival disappears once they become a teacher.
Polydeuces could not die, yet he chose to share death with his brother Castor, each taking turns in the underworld day by day. Siblings who share do not compare.