Emotional maturity is the ability to stay balanced, not letting any one layer dominate our lives. I do not mean that we should fiercely suppress the darker layers, for to do so causes us to transfer our fear and loathing onto other people. But we must give every layer an opportunity to go for its walk at a time when it will do no harm. After acknowledging and coming to understand the layers of life, a gentleman may finally come to know when to open the door for a lady and when to share a check. It is not easy, of course, to negotiate through all the layers laid down through the eons of evolution and the rise of civilization, but if life were easy it would be a bore.
Life is that seven layer cake, and so are our hearts.
I wish you all a happy life. I hope you have a high opinion of yourself, and that you will understand that you are worth the trouble you have invested in yourself so far, and that you are worth a continuing investment in a future that begins always at this moment. Thank you very much.