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Continuing last week's theme "Maturity", this week's theme (for week 3/8 - 3/14): Youth.

A case of a mature woman surviving when she was not expected to.....

From the song 'Survivor' by Destiny's Child:

Now that you're out of my life, I'm so much better,
You thought that I'd be weak without you, but I'm stronger,
You thought that I'd be broke without you, but I'm richer,
You thought that I'd be sad without you, I laugh harder,
You thought I wouldn't grow without you, now I'm wiser,
Though that I'd be helpless without you, but I'm smarter,
You thought that I'd be stressed without you, but I'm chillin',
You thought I wouldn't sell without you, sold nine million.

I'm a survivor, I'm not gon' give up,
I'm not gon' stop, I'm gon' work harder.
I'm a survivor,
I'm gonna make it, I will survive,
Keep on survivin'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmc8bQoL-J0

Mature adults set their priorities....
"To be mature you have to realize what you value most.... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for."
- Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

"Blisters are a painful experience, but if you get enough blisters in the same place, they will eventually produce a callus. That is what we call maturity."
- Herbert Miller

Do you "cross the bridge" when you come to it or develop contingency plans?
 
Idiom - Cross that bridge when we come to it    
"This is another way of saying 'we will deal with that problem when it occurs and not worry about it before'."
- http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiom-categories/problems/problems2-clo-getto.html

Not all issues will be a "cloud in the horizon"....
"Maturity of the mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty."
- John Finley

Mature people handle crisis situations well and survive the trials of life....

"To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes."
- Fritz Kunkel

Twitter post by 'Christine Caine'

Twitter post by 'Wise Words'

( Facebook post by 'Justin Ford Speaks'

From the poem/song 'Desiderata':

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
And remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender,
Be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly,
And listen to others,
Even the dull and ignorant,
They too have their story.

http://youtu.be/3bUTcy6w2Rw

"A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Emotional maturity is demonstrated by how kindly you treat those who mistreat or misunderstand you.

From the Holy Bible (ESV), Romans 12:14-18:
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

"One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others."
- David A. Bednar

"Maturity is not being taken in by oneself."
- K. von Schlaggenberg

Whatever will be will be, but a person has some control over his/her life....

From the song 'Que Sera, Sera" by Doris Day:

When I was just a little girl,
I asked my mother what will I be,
Will I be pretty, will I be rich,
Here is what she said to me:
Que sera, sera,
The future is not ours to see,
What will be will be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdhAfMor9BM

"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly."
- Henri Bergson

"You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself."
- Ethel Barrymore

"By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves."
- Marie Dressler

"It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen."
- Brigitte Bardot

"At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement."
- Benjamin Franklin

Wine and cheese - foods thought to be better with age.

How mature!

From the song 'Better In Time' by Leona Lewis:

It's time to let you go
So I can be free
And I can live my life how it should be...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wba5rnn2bMQ

"Maturity is when you stop making excuses and start making changes."
- Unknown

"Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself."
- John MacNaughton

A display of maturity....

In the movie 'A Thin Line Between Love and Hate', the club owner confesses that he admires young women but he chooses not to pursue them because of his commitment to his wife.

"Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values."
- Joshua L. Liebman

Young and foolish?

From ‘Young, Wild and Free’ by Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa:

So what we get drunk?
So what we smoke weed?
We’re just having fun
We don’t care who sees
So what we go out?
That’s how it’s supposed to be
Living young and wild and free

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa5B22KAkEk

The stars seem immature....is that the reason for the "dumb" or "stupid" label?

Movie 'Dumb and Dumber':

"You’re immature if you can’t accept reality or responsibility."
- Arnold Glasow

"One of the things about being a grown-up is learning how to act right even when you feel wrong."
- Sean Stewart

"Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging. But to grow up, to take responsibility for the time you take up, and the space you occupy, to honor every living person for his or her humanity, that is to grow up."
- Maya Angelou

Theme for the week 3/1 - 3/7: Maturity
(inspired by the following quote from last week:
"Responsible persons are mature people who have taken charge of themselves and
their conduct, who own their own actions and own up to them - who answer for them."
- William J. Bennett)