how has maturity improved you?

[welfareloser]

i'm interested in seeing how people of different ages respond.

i've become less judgmental, and more likely to try to help people who seem to need help. i also have learned when to let things go as unimportant... a tough skill, and i'm still learning.

i do not fear most forms of authority, and i also have no fear of social situations of any kind, or public speaking of any kind, a big turn-around from before i hit 20 or so.

and my boobs got bigger, of course :P yay for maturity!




and anyone who snipes at someone else with eyerolling or "oh, yeah?"s should get a timeout. sez me :pfft: i hereby declare this a NICE thread, where people ought to be able to reveal something about how they see themselves without fear of getting their asses chewed like hambones.

[BigJon]

I've become more dependant on myself....I've become more responsible.

[cheapie]

and my boobs got bigger



oh yeah? :rolleyes:

[Hypnotist]

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wefareloser observed
and my boobs got bigger, of course :P yay for maturity!
Can you expand (no pun intened) on this please?

[Merlin]

When I waz younger I was much more of a control freak. Now I realize that things have a tendency of working themselves out if you let it. Much more Zen oriented now.

But in contrast to that I have much less paticents for people who are obstacles. I used to knock heads with them. Nowadays I just move around them.

[DaFunkyUnit]

When I waz younger I was much more of a control freak. Now I realize that things have a tendency of working themselves out if you let it. Much more Zen oriented now.

But in contrast to that I have much less paticents for people who are obstacles. I used to knock heads with them. Nowadays I just move around them.

:stupid:

plus, my opinions and stances on some subjects are more clearly defined than before (back when I was younger, my official stance was "whatever"). also, when i was younger, whenever i had those "bad feelings" i would bottle them up, which would eventually lead to me blowing up in a tantrum fury. nowadays, I vent controllably and constructively (thanks G|A? :P !!!)

[molecularfire]

how has maturity improved you?
I dunno... I'll let you guys know when I mature a bit.

[Kim]

I've learned that no matter how bad things are, it's even worse for someone else, so don't feel sorry for yourself, do what you can to help others, and you yourself will feel better.

[ShawnLee]

I see the point of maturity as when your ability to buy 20 lbs. of candy meets the ability of your self-control to keep you from buying 20 lbs. of candy.

Maturity, assuming I have it, has kept me from buying 20 lbs. of candy. And believe you me, I was highly tempted at the store today. "Ooh, I have a credit card. I could buy that huge Hershey's bar."

[Roots SD]

I've learned that to everything there is a balance. There is such a thing as being too mature as well as being too immature.

It's the little choices you make that have the largest impact on your life.

Religion doesn't go hand in hand with morality, and immorality doesn't go hand in hand with Atheism.

Spirituality is something you feel which is too big for words to describe, and you don't need religion to be spiritual and have Faith and believe in something larger and greater than yourself. As most hippies would say, descriptions and definitions only limit your understanding of the world rather than expand it.

[Yossarian]

i've learned that it is ok to be different

[bachviet]

how has maturity improved you?
I dunno... I'll let you guys know when I mature a bit.
:stupid:

[chrissy]

I stopped running from issues. I learned you cannot run away from issues... they follow you and get bigger, they also disguise themselves as new issues, but they aren't. They sometimes cross-dress - especially in Vegas - but they are the same deep down issues that you are scared to face.

[oblongmelon]

Promlems that looked huge when I was young are now a drop in the bucket..And you have to ignore bitchy family members or it will drive you insane.

[hoey222]

Promlems that looked huge when I was young are now a drop in the bucket..And you have to ignore bitchy family members or it will drive you insane.


ya pretty much that.....

and my tolerance for alcohol has increased

[faither]

I do my best to not sweat the small stuff and try not to let the turkeys get me down.

[welfareloser]

I do my best to not sweat the small stuff and try not to let the turkeys get me down.

i'm doing okay with the turkeys, but the penguins.... man, the penguins are another matter. one by one, the penguins steal my sanity...

[BigJon]

My dad always said...

"Don't sweat the petty things....and don't pet the sweaty things...."

[DarkFury]

Yeah... not sweatin' the small stuff was a big one for me.

That and the fact that I've learned to be a little more "tolerant" of some folks... and that even when I'm not tolerant of some folks, I can at least express my intolerance in a civil manner. :D