Sociable, skillful and dependable

That is just some of the reasons I admire about one of my brothers. As most of you know, I'm not the sociable kind. I am more introverted than my siblings. However, it doesn't mean I am mute all the time. I can still socialize and all but it's not constant. I can only do as much.

My brother can crack jokes easily and I feed on that. He is younger than me but I get to learn a lot from him. I do consult him for many things. When people ask me something, I refer them to him.

He is good with his hands too. He knows how to fix things. He know how to deal with people.

Because he can attract attention, can make people laugh, has great interpersonal skill, he has the potential of being a leader if he really wants to.

I remember when we were younger, he was the naughty and stubborn one. He always got himself in trouble. He and my other brother were more close together for they are a year apart. They were the trouble makers back then at home and in school. I guess had learned to mature early on and had to be careful with what I do so as not to add to my mom's worries. I always played safe. If was like my brothers, maybe I am better off.

Anyway, this is about my brother.

He can find solution to problems. He knows how to figure things out. In short, he is dependable. He is the kind of guy that you want to be friends with, someone who can save the day.

He knows these too and sometimes he will us to his advantage by being demanding and bossy. Yes, he can get to your nerves but once you get to know him better, then you can learn to ride with it.

One of the traits that my brother and I have in common is being reliable. I think we have learned early on that when we say we will do something, we will do it. It's a trait that we have to be thankful for our mom.

Handling seven kids and juggling a lot of things, she needs all the help that she can get and us kids should have a sense of responsibility. We have learned the importance of trust and reliability. We were taught early to do some chores and to take care of ourselves. That's why our mom expects a lot from us.

I remember when we come home from school, our mom is not there for she is out working or doing some stuff. Simple things like washing our own lunchboxes, cooking for dinner, feeding the dogs, watering the plants, etc have trained us to develop good traits.

That's why as young as your kids are, train them and teach them survival skills for you will not always be there for them. Better start them young. You will never regret it.

So there goes my 30-day challenge topics for today. I am done with 20 topics and I have 10 more to go. I haven't been writing here daily because I have been busy with Hive more. It's really a challenge to juggle between different platforms. I haven't even visited my noise account.

That's why I'd like to thank you for always visiting and supporting my blogs.

I believe these are snapdragons. Fact me if I'm wrong.

I took this photo at the park. This is my yellow share for this cold Wednesday night.