Me taking the Hong Kong Harbor Ferry from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon Maturity is patience. It is the willingness to postpone gratification, to pass up the immediate pleasure or profit in favor of the long-term gain. Maturity is perseverance, sweating out a project or a situation in spite of opposition and discouraging setbacks. Maturity is unselfishness, responding to the needs of others. Maturity is the capacity to face unpleasantness and disappointment without becoming bitter.
Maturity is the gift of remaining calm in the face of chaos.
This means peace not only for ourselves, but for those with whom we live, and for those whose lives touch ours. Maturity is the ability to disagree without being disagreeable. Maturity is humility. Maturity is the ability to make a decision, to act on that decision, and to accept full responsibility for the outcome. Maturity means dependability, integrity, keeping one's word.