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Originally posted by antryg:
"Be like the bamboo in a high wind. Let the air blow and bend with it, it will pass you by. Don't be like the oak tree. It seems strong yet when the winds blow it is uprooted and overthrown." That is a Zen parable that might make it a little easier to put up with a bad sitation. It seems like a law of nature that brothers and sisters annoy and irritate each other. To "win" at this family game you just have to bend like the bamboo, let your brothers wind just pass you by without responding. Eventually (and if he has been doing this for a long time this might mean a month or more) he will give up. The good news is that you then "win" this round. The bad news is that he will try to come up with something else to annoy you.
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Spoken by a true wise man. The grass bends with wind, but once the wind subsides, the grass returns to an upright position. Antryg speaks the truth, young Sir Goulum. The best way to win a fight, is to not be there in the first place.