Anne Landers (Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman Lederer) | 1918 - Jun 2002 | American
from Times Daily
| abt 1970
Maturity is the ability to control anger
and settle differences without violence or destruction.
Maturity is perseverance, the ability
to sweat out a project or a situation in spite of
opposition and discouraging setbacks.
Maturity is unselfishness;
responding to the needs of others, often at the expense
of one's own desires or wishes.
Maturity is the capacity to face unpleasantness
and frustration, discomfort and defeat, without complaint or collapse.
Maturity is humility.
It is being big enough to say: "I was wrong."
And when right, the mature person need not
Say, "I told you so."
Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it.
The immature spend their lives exploring
endless possibilities then do nothing.
Maturity means dependability,
keeping one's word,
coming through in a crisis.
The immature are masters of the alibi-confused and
disorganized. Their lives are a maze of
broken promises, former friends, unfinished business,
and good intentions which never materialize.
Maturity is the art of living in peace
with that which we cannot change.