Growing Up: What it Takes to Be Mature at Any Age

Growing Up: What it Takes to Be Mature at Any Age -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ability to love and to work is one definition of maturity. Emotional and spiritual maturity is not necessarily linked to physical age. People can and do grow throughout life. Mature people develop the wisdom to know what they can and cannot control. They understand that they need determined self-discipline to achieve goals. They appreciate their responsibilities as much as their rights. They …

…with the help of God and with our own determined efforts, we must aim at ever greater heights, at continual improvement, so that we may in the end reach maturity, 'the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.' - Pope John XXIII -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Courage to change the things I can. And the wisdom to know the difference. - Reinhold Neibuhr