Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The Definition of Maturity.

Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or distruction.

Maturity is patience, the willingness to pass up immediate pleasure in favour of long-term gain.

Maturity is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or a situation in spite of opposition and discouraging set backs.

Maturity is unselfishness - responding to the needs of others, often at the expense of one's own desires or wishes.

Maturity is the ability to face unpleasantness and frustration, discomfort and defeat, without complaint or collapse.

Maturity is humility, it is being big enough to say "i was wrong." And right, the mature person need not say, "I told you so."

Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. The immature spends their lives exploring endless possibilities, then do nothing.

Maturity means dependability, keeping one's word, comign through in the crisis. The immature are mast of the alibi-confused and disorganized. Their lives are a mass of broken promises, former friends, unfinished business, and good intentions which never materialize.

Maturity is the art of living in peace with what which we cannot change.


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