Maturity

Serious thoughts of when i am going to mature. Is it a process that can be rushed? It is a bitter sweet moment as i am on the edge of becoming a man as well as leaving my adolescence behind. I know... i know... it's a process that everyone eventually goes through, some with great difficulty some with the ease of melted butter spread over a slice of bread. Who will i become after this period? It is a period of unknowns - unknowns that i must learn to embrace. To consider twice before saying something for what can be said cannot be taken back. To appreciate the things / people around me for as i grow older, they too grow older. Must hardship really be endured for one to grow maturity? I don't believe so. I believe it very much depends on the attitude of the individual to know when to say no to selfish ways that may harm others - emotionally, mentally or physically. Maturity of mind is the maturity of one's soul, it is a metamorphosis of one's being. A man is only as good as his mind, neither money nor dim-witted strength aids in producing an upright man.

Metamorphosis - "... involving an abrupt change in the animal's (Man's) body structure through cell growth and Differentiation"

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