When Do You Know You Are Emotionally Mature? 26 Suggestions (Good Read)

[DCAllAfrican]

Someone can post the text but I didn't want to mess up the formatting.


When Do You Know You Are Emotionally Mature? 26 Suggestions - The Book of LifeThe Book of Life https://www.theschooloflife.com/the...jsl9HdtNN4ktJ_2TXLmNvWwbBZYpGbLf6_pmXZgQ7SYaI

You learn to see that everyone’s weaknesses of character are linked to counter-balancing strengths. Rather than isolating their weaknesses, you look at the whole picture: yes, someone is rather pedantic, but they’re also beautifully precise and a rock at times of turmoil. Yes someone is a bit messy, but at the same time brilliantly creative and very visionary. You realise (truly) that perfect people don’t exist – and that every strength will be tagged with a weakness.

Ties into a theory I always had.

Everyone starts off with the same amount of "Create-A-Player" points. "God" just distributes them differently, across categories, for each person

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Spoiler

 

[SC kid]

Good read

Spoiler

Wtf

 

[slighted]

These hit home:

You realise that when people close to you nag you, or are unpleasant or vindictive, they usually aren’t just trying to wind you up, they may be trying to get your attention in the only way they know how. You learn to detect the desperation beneath your loved one’s less impressive moments – and, on a good day, you interpret them with love rather than judge them.

You give up sulking. If someone hurts you, you don’t store up the hatred and the hurt for days. You remember you’ll be dead soon. You don’t expect others to know what’s wrong. You tell them straight and if they get it, you forgive them. And if they don’t, in a different way, you forgive them too.

You realise that because life is so very short, it’s extremely important that you to try to say what you really mean, focus on what you really want, and tell those you care about that they matter immensely to you. Probably every day.

You fall in love a bit less easily. It’s difficult, in a way. When you were less mature, you could develop a crush in an instant. Now, you’re poignantly aware that everyone, however externally charming or accomplished, would be a bit of a pain from close up. You develop loyalty to what you already have.

You cease to put too much hope in grand plans for the kind of happiness you expect can last for years. You celebrate the little things that go well. You realise that satisfaction comes in increments of minutes. You’re delighted if one day passes by without too much bother. You take a greater interest in flowers and in the evening sky. You develop a taste for small pleasures.

When you start a friendship, you realise that other people don’t principally want to know your good news, so much as gain an insight into what troubles and worries you, so that they can in turn feel less lonely with the pains of their own hearts. You become a better friend because you see that what friendship is really about is a sharing of vulnerability.

 

[nawghtyhare]

These hit home:

all that just made me realize
days fly by faster and faster as i get older
and as a black man
since our longevity isnt as long
my life is a lil over halfway over
damn
kinda depressing

 

[RIP sleazyy]

Spoiler

My dude Gage was big trippin