From my observation on how my youngest brother behaves towards our parents and his elder brothers, I noticed that he is a person who don't have the urge to share good things with his brothers. I mean he is not the type who will pro-actively share.
Though there could be many reasons why he behaves that way, I think one of the possible cause is the fact that he is the youngest among us.
Such behaviour is quite a contrast with me as the eldest. I have in my heart a natural tendency to share. I'm not trying to say that I'm a better person than him. I know my youngest brother is a good person, but I realized that I cannot expect him to be like me in term of caring for our brothers.
My expectations on him to be as care as me were compounded by the fact that I knew he learned Dharma teaching. But I think living all these years being someone who is youngest in the family, I should be aware that I can never expect him to care (and show the care with concrete actions) as much as I care for our brothers.
Being the eldest or the youngest does contribute to who we are. It also contributes to our natural tendency to care & share. It will be interesting if there is a statistical figure to back my observation.
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