My Twin and I

It was a Saturday afternoon as I was sitting on the chair of my front porch. Upon looking at some old photographs that my mother handed to me, I began to recall the good memories of me as a child and of my twin sister. The photographs gave me such amazement, that my heart began to beat incessantly, my face bloomed sprightly, and gently I made a big smile. It then turned to my attention, the aroma of steak being grilled through my neighbor’s lawn, kids on the street playing, beats of music from people’s stereos banging-it seemed like summer was nearly here. I hate to admit, but until this very day my twin has been my best friend. She is the other piece of me, and without my other piece, I wouldn’t be a whole. I was like a duck who couldn’t find her way home without her mother. Me and my twin are not only identical in appearance, but with our interests and aspirations as well. We both love doing the same things, and we truly get along really well, but there are times I get disappointed.

I started off slow during Grade School days. Every third week of the month, we would get our report card on updates of our progress in school. As usual, my sister would impress mom and dad with straight A’s and B’s. Although, I never excelled than my sister, I never thought of my sister as a competition, but I knew I had to step up to the plate, and show my parents I am good at something. I began to deal with such confusion on how I would just give up, and not try to overcome my self confidence. Instead of having the courage to stand up for myself, I would easily beat myself up, during times when I’m being blamed, for mistakes I didn’t do. My sister would always get credit for every small thing she did, and I wanted to show my parents I could do the...

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...what they might be good at. With that, equal attention must be committed to not only to a child with the highest achievement, but to the other child with the lowest achievement as well.

Learning from my experience had made me gain self confidence, knowing that I can achieve things, and not think negatively about things I can do. To others who feel neglected, or lack self confidence, I say don’t let yourself down just because you’re being outshined by others, and feel like you’re worthless. It’s not the end of the world. By believing in yourself, and finding something you can be good at will help you gain the confidence you need. No matter what anyone thinks, it’s not about their progress, but yours. Sometimes, you have to challenge yourself, meet your fears, and then set new limits and with that, others might begin to pay enough heed and respect to where you are.