It takes a lot to make a lasting impression on a person. Especially if that person isn't easily impressed, because lasting impressions only comes from truly great people. Great people aren't always famous, they are purely inspirational; inspirational in the sense that their story touches the human spirit. I can truly only think of one person who inspires me that much, and that person happens to be my ten-year-old sister.
She inspires me to be a person above and beyond an ideal older sister. Seeing the struggles she faces day after day pushes me to be a better person. If I didn't have her to look up to me, I wouldn't strive so hard to do my best at everything I attempt. Now, that isn't the reason I admire her, it's the fact that she has an enormous amount of courage in her.
The Bible verse that most represents her is Psalm 31:24- Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord. Every new day she faces with a type of quiet gentle courage, knowing she'll face issues that no one else can possibly understand. My sister has to live with a visual learning disability as well as moderate dyslexia.
She has to deal with learning slower than her class mates, but that doesn't bother her. She has to deal with 3-4 hours of homework and late nights, but that doesn't bother her. She has to deal with ridicule and short tempers, but that still doesn't bother her. Absolutely none of these problems bother her. She may have to work ten times harder than any other student and she may have to face constant teasing, but she remains kind and generous in nature. She seems to be in her own world where nothing can hurt her and where nothing can touch her.
This is why I admire her more than anyone else. It's not because she pushes me to be something more than myself, but because she is courageous. I may scream, hit, yell, and tease her, but she still loves me in spite of that. She may have her flaws but you don't really notice that. Through everything she faces, she still can meet the world and those in it with unconditional love and constant compassion. Most people in her situation hate God for cursing them with such a difficulty, but not her. She holds such joy through it all. She doesn't hate anything or anyone because she is above such emotions. The funny thing is, most people just can't help but notice that when they meet her.
That is why I admire her. My sister is unbelievably courageous and loving, and it never dies. I don't know what I would ever do with out her; my doubles partner, my monopoly opponent, my partner in crime, and the person I take on the world with.
A hero isn't someone who has done amazing things, a hero is someone who has touched your heart and made a difference in your life. A person who you strive your hardest to be like and model after. The funny thing is oftentimes they never know that their your hero. They never know that there is someone out there who would give the world to be like them. That is what my sister is to me.
