Maturity
Maturity
Maturity is when you keep your mouth shut when you want to say something mean to someone.
Maturity is when you keep your mouth shut when you want to say something mean to someone.
Only people at peace with themselves can do this.
Only people at peace with themselves can do this.
I found an old friend from high school with who I never really got along. They were also in a relationship and I reached out to them for some advice.
I found an old friend from high school with who I never really got along. They were also in a relationship and I reached out to them for some advice.
When I saw my friend, I felt anger and frustration in the pit of my stomach. But I realized that this anger was coming from me, not him. He would never dare say the things he said to me when we were in high school. We talked and laughed like old friends, and he helped me through my frustration with the relationship I was currently in.
When I saw my friend, I felt anger and frustration in the pit of my stomach. But I realized that this anger was coming from me, not him. He would never dare say the things he said to me when we were in high school. We talked and laughed like old friends, and he helped me through my frustration with the relationship I was currently in.
When we hugged it was like a weight that had been sitting on my chest had been lifted off. He said, "Maturity is when you keep your mouth shut when you want to say something mean to someone."
When we hugged it was like a weight that had been sitting on my chest had been lifted off. He said, "Maturity is when you keep your mouth shut when you want to say something mean to someone."
I told him thank you for all his help, but before we left each other he said "Don't forget what I taught you."
I told him thank you for all his help, but before we left each other he said "Don't forget what I taught you."
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In a new town for school, a twelve-year-old moved in with her family. A girl who wants to join the kids that are only eleven and the kids that are thirteen at her new school. A girl who wants to be cool.
In a new town for school, a twelve-year-old moved in with her family. A girl who wants to join the kids that are only eleven and the kids that are thirteen at her new school. A girl who wants to be cool.
She fails, miserably. There's this one boy, Tony, who just can't seem to let it go when she makes jokes at his expense, biting back with accusations of being immature.
She fails, miserably. There's this one boy, Tony, who just can't seem to let it go when she makes jokes at his expense, biting back with accusations of being immature.
What was she to do when all she wanted was to fit in? Thoughts are running through her head one by one she feels like everyone has left her until this one voice inside reminds her of the trope: maturity is when you keep your mouth shut when you want to say something mean to someone.
What was she to do when all she wanted was to fit in? Thoughts are running through her head one by one she feels like everyone has left her until this one voice inside reminds her of the trope: maturity is when you keep your mouth shut when you want to say something mean to someone.
Only people at peace with themselves can do this.
Only people at peace with themselves can do this.