The characteristic of the mature person is that he affirms life - H O Overstreet
Maturity is the capacity to face unpleasantness, frustration, discomfort, defeat, without complaint or collapse. Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. Maturity is perseverance, ability to sweat out a project or a situation in spite odd opposition and setbacks. Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. Maturity is the art of living in peace with oneself- with what we cannot change and courage to change that which should be changed and wisdom to know the difference. Maturity is dependability, keeping one’s head high in times of crisis.
A mature person is one who is able to control his impulses. A mature person never feel too great to do the little things and never too proud to do the humble things. He keeps himself alert in mind and is too big to be little .He is not afraid to make mistakes. Maturation of personality is a process of repeated giving up, relinquishing, rejecting of what has been painfully learned, in order to establish a new and replacing pattern, a new role, or to establish a new relationship more appropriate to enlarging capacities, experiences and opportunities.
Visitor: “How old are you Sunny?”
Boy: “That’s hard to say, sir. According to my latest school tests I have psychological age of eleven and moral age of ten. Anatomically I’m seven, mentally I’m nine. But I suppose you refer to my chronological age. That’s eight but nobody pays any attention to that these days.”
Men come to their meridian at various periods of their lives. Card. Newman
