I don't know who decided to make today a holiday. Why do we need a day to show our siblings we appreciate them? Oh, right, because every other day out the year we treat them like crap. Today is just a day where siblings post family pictures on Facebook and pretend that they like each other. Tomorrow they will return to screaming, bickering and bad mouthing each other behind backs.
I can't count high enough the amount of times I have heard someone say they hate their siblings. I have been living without mine for five years because they won't have me. I would be grateful for one hour with my brother and sister. I would give anything to see them again. We shouldn't need a damn holiday to appreciate our family, but it seems in our culture, we need excuses to appreciate what we have.
Someone once asked me what I think our civilization will stand for. I think we stand for nothing. We don't even stand for our families except on holidays, which we use as an excuse. We are a civilization of excuses. And that sickens me. We only appreciate what we have when it's gone. We only appreciate things we covet and once we have them, they mean nothing.
What kind of world are we bringing our children into by teaching them not to appreciate what they have? Especially when it comes to family. I will hate to see what will become of family and the value of family in the future. If we need a holiday in order to value our siblings, I pity the future generations who won't know what it means to have a family, or to be loyal, or to be appreciative. I pity the historians who will look upon our civilization with disdain. I pity the siblings who need a holiday to feel as if they have a bond with their kin. Above all, I pity myself for once falling victim to not appreciating my siblings, but when the day comes that they will have me back, I will never under appreciate them again.
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