Who is Mature?

06/15/2015

Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.
Pema Chodron

In the Psychology Today article (June, 2015), "The Meaning of Maturity," the editors interviewed various experts about what it means to be mature at various ages:

A mature 18-year-old is able to declare wants, needs, and beliefs. Self-maintenance is also important — if there is one predictor of how well a kid will be able to cope with the demands of independence, it is the management of money.
A mature 29-year-old has a well-established identity... it's knowing what direction you are going in terms of work; having a committed relationship, or at least knowing what you want from one; and having confidence that you know what you believe about things.
A mature 40-year-old is able to benefit from experience. In relationships, it's knowing the buttons that get pushed easily and how to control those buttons.
A mature 55-year-old is able to focus his or her social life around people who are rewarding.... This person begins to focus more on experiences and other people than on things as sources of meaning and pleasure.

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