what is maturity

This topic was created in the Libra forum by 1_fine_gem on Thursday, July 24, 2008 and has 3 replies.

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@browneyedgirl
19 Years

Maturity comes with experience.

One shows maturity with the actions/reactions they encounter in their daily lives. It is the responses and how we deal with what is presented to us and likewise how others deal with our reactions.

A for instance, a child wants it "now"...no matter what "it" is and they have Expectations of getting "it" no matter what they have to do to make it happen. A more mature response to this would be KNOWING that what ever "it" is you will get "it" when you should have "it" when what ever "it" is will benefit you the most, and if you don't get "it" that's ok too because apparently you weren't supposed to have "it" in the first place, and you move on.

Maturity comes with growth, and growth comes with experience.

This does not mean depressing the child inside, just learning to control your responses.

Hope I didn't confuse too much...lol...😉

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@waterwheel
18 Years

The ability to act for oneself without being selfish and to act for others without being selfless.

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@spica
19 Years5,000+ Posts

Maturity (for a Libra) is to honour the other partner their fair share of half-in-halfs, not always trying to sneak in a bite of their partner's cake.

Also, to know and understand the expectations of couplehood and honour them!
To have healthy boundaries and to know how to differentiate love from infatuation.
And to be able to know what's best for both partners and have integrity in general.