Maturity is Not Letting Things Drag On

My God, how childish can people get? And they don’t know their childishness. They’ve got to blame somebody. But, no. Maturity is understanding that no one is to blame. Or better still, and more accurately put, maturity is not giving yourself the childish emotional outlet of blaming others or yourself but, rather, seeing what went wrong and setting

Maturity is when you no longer blame anyone. You don’t blame others, you don’t blame yourself. You see what’s wrong, and you set about remedying it. That’s one pretty good sign of maturity.

If we don’t know how to handle emotional states with equanimity, integrity and clarity, we never fully enter adulthood, but remain at some level children.

The things you learn in maturity aren't simple things such as acquiring information and skills. You learn not to engage in self-destructive behavior. You leant not to burn up energy in anxiety. You discover how to manage your tensions, if you have any, which you do. You learn that self-pity and resentment are among the most toxic of drugs. You find

“Maturity is defined by the level of responsibility we’re willing to accept.”

I’ve had deep conversations with my boys on this. The more mature you are, the more responsibility you accept—for your actions, thoughts, behavior, time in the Word, emotions, finances…you name it. If you’re sloughing it off on someone else, odds are, you have some room to