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WHAT IS MATURITY?

Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle  differences without violence or destruction. Maturity is patience. It is the willingness to pass up immediate pleasure in favor of the long-term gain. Maturity is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or a situation  in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging set-backs. Maturity is the  capacity 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, when right, the mature person need not experience the satisfaction of saying, "I told you so." Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. The immature spend their lives exploring endless possibilities; then they do nothing. Maturity means dependability, keeping one's word, coming through in a  crisis. The immature are masters of the alibi. They are the confused and the  disorganized. Their