Emotional Maturity Is Knowing Life Is Not Perfect
Emotional maturity is being happy to know that life is not perfect. It comes with the lessons of life, as you move forward, adapt to life and as you become familiar with your rhythms.
Climb mountains and experience life to strengthen your self-esteem and to learn to deal with the things that make you uncomfortable. This is how you want to learn, change and grow.
In time, you will understand that there is no love that is more powerful than self-confidence, and that it forms the basis of our approach to life. Love is our support and our crutch for us to get up after each fall, and to make things less painful.
Emotional maturity develops over time with the stroke of life. Isn’t it strange how much we grow after going through a period of stress, grief or suffering?
At a time when there is a manual for almost everything, we do not yet have one entitled The Handbook of Life: How to Grow Up. This message is filtered out of everything else that tells us what we should and should not be or what we should or should not achieve.
Because everyone is different and the book The Handbook of Life: How to Grow Up Does Not Exist, there is no specific formula that will tell you how you must or will grow.
I know I have matured when I no longer need to judge or blame someone else for everything that happens to me.
-Anthony de Mello-
Signs of emotional maturity
There comes a time in our emotional journey where we begin to reflect on the paths we have taken in life. What are some signs of emotional maturity?
Knowing when to say goodbye
Emotionally mature people know that life is much better if they live freely. They know how to let go of what no longer serves them, because they realize that looking back on the past keeps them from closing the chapters of their lives and healing emotional wounds.
Accepting life and healing emotional pain
Once you have learned from your pain, the fear of looking inside to heal your emotional past disappears and you can finally take a step further in life.
To be able to put into words what one thinks and feels
If you avoid looking inside yourself, you let negative things from the past disturb the present. This does not leave much room for anything positive, and it hurts. It hurts a lot.
The mental clarity of emotionally mature individuals contrasts sharply with the laziness and constant chaos of those who have not yet reached the same stage of maturity. Emotional maturity helps to effectively solve problems in everyday life.
Stop complaining
Mature people have learned to both accept things and to change, and complaining is not good for anything.
To empathize with others without being overwhelmed
Mature people are able to deal with their emotions.
Do not punish yourself for mistakes you make
Mistakes are the best way to learn, because they help us understand our weaknesses. Mature people do not punish themselves because of their limitations: they look for ways to improve them.
Emotional openness
As you grow older, you begin to realize that emotional barriers are only an obstacle to your development. While it is true that barriers are sometimes necessary, it is important to lower them from time to time.
Mature people enjoy the time alone and the time they share with others
The text below is related to Charlie Chaplin. Whether it belongs to him or not, it is a beautiful reflection on the journey through life, maturation and change:
