Emotional maturity is defined as “how well you are able to respond to situations, control your emotions and behave in an adult manner when dealing with others.”
You may not be able to control every situation and its outcome, but you can control your attitude and how you deal with it. Some walk around mad at the world for what they, themselves can’t handle. Learn to deal with your problems without taking it out on anyone.
According to Romans 12:14-18, “Emotional maturity is demonstrated by how kindly you treat those who mistreat or misunderstand you.” For me the true mark of maturity is when somebody hurts you and you try to understand their situation instead of trying to hurt them back.
Emotional maturity is something few people have. Here are 5 of the most common signs:
- Ability to love someone unconditionally
- Willingness to set boundaries
- Open-Mindedness
- Diverse taste in things & people
- Unquenchable Curiosity
How to become emotionally mature?
- Make choices
- Wisely act on your emotions
- Govern yourself by vision/purpose/goal/aim in your life
- Learn to love
- choose yourself for motivating you
- Giving (other-centered)/Help people and expect nothing in return
- Step outside from your comfort zone, push your limits
- Seek growth in life
- Do not sit idle
- Unity/goodwill with others
- Live in the present and love yourself
- Don’t run away from rejection, failure and discomfort
- No place for negative thoughts, emotions and people
- Be attentive to what is happening within you and around you
- Accept reality and look for ways to change it according to you
- Take responsibility for your actions
- Think first, act later
- No excuses. No whining. Just do what is needed to be done.
- Practice a pause.
- Remember we all are the same.
- Express gratitude
- Learn to apologize for any bad behavior
- Learn to value yourself and work on your self esteem
- Be healthy emotionally and psychically
- Stop worrying about what other people think of you
- See things from other peoples’ perspectives
Don’t be discouraged if this feels difficult to do at first. It is difficult to change oneself but not impossible. Set a small task to practice on one aspect of your emotional maturity each week. Put a reminder to remind you.
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. So…learn to walk away from people and situations that threaten your peace of mind, self-respect, values, morals and self-worth.. all it needs is the courage to forgive, forget and let go…
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