Maturity

       Maturity. A word used so frivolously with little to no true understanding of what it

means to be mature.  To be mature has nothing to do with how many years that someone

has lived; it is based more on how many times they’ve made a mistake or experienced

someone else's mistakes and learned from them.

      When I was younger my dad used to preach be the bigger person, to take a step back

           from the situation, and try to be rational.The dictionary defines mature as fully

           developed; perfected. Personally it has taken me quite some time to figure out there is

           no age limit on maturity, while this may be true, it also means there isn't an age limit on

           immaturity either. Unfortunately some people don’t mature by learning from the errors

           of their ways, like some fine wine, they mature with age. As that may be, others achieve

           the milestone of maturity with the use of their wisdom to acknowledge their mistakes and

           to prevent themselves from committing another act of the same nature. To be mature you

           do not have to have a height requirement or be of a certain age, you mature according to

           how well you can comprehend all that happens around you.

                  Maturity is how well you can comprehend what you have done wrong, and prevent

           yourself from committing the same mistake again. Maturity. This single word, this eight

           letter word, holds a meaning so much deeper than we can comprehend, yet many of us

           become mature everyday. Whether it be from age or from knowledge everyone matures

           in their own way.