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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