### period:

Maturity
* Maturities range from one month to as long as fifty years.
* affects chemical composition more than species.
* also means learning to live with disappointments and go forward.
* begins physically in the body with hormones that change what's happening inside.
* comes largely with the passing of time.
* comes with age in our physical life as well as our spiritual life
  - age, both conventionally and neurologically
  - growth and growth takes time
* compound of wisdom, goodwill, resilience, and creativity.
* has nothing to do with chronological age.
* includes menopause
  - middle ages
* is also related to the stage when full size is obtained.
* is an estimation of the physiological age of the carcass
  - important parameter for management of fish stocks
  - considered to be the date when the pods are dry and most of the leaves have dropped
  - dates
  - demonstrated by the ability to consider someone else's needs as well as one's own
  - determined by their growth in length
  - important since the tenderness of lean muscle decreases as the animal advances in age
  - marked by gradual darkening of color in all stages of the life cycle
* is measured by true life-change
  - differently for males and females
  - more than simply reaching a certain age
  - said to be achieved when a girl is twelve and when a boy reaches the age of thirteen
  - self possession to think and act rightly with stability of character
  - the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even
* is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction
  - emotions and settle differences without violence or destruction
  - defer pleasure for an important goal
  - disagree without being disagreeable
* is the ability to make a decision and follow through
  - decision and stand by it, if it's the right one
  - decision and stick with it, riding out the storms that follow
  - stick with a project or a situation until it is finished
  - capacity to face unpleasantness and disappointment without becoming bitter
  - essence of manliness
  - gift of remaining calm in the face of chaos
  - period when one finds the just measure
  - recovery of the seriousness of a child at play
  - result of patience, endurance, and the ability to keep going when things are tough
  - willingness to pass up immediate pleasure in favor of long-term satisfaction
  - unselfishness, responding to the needs of others
  - when the product reaches the peak of it's sales
* means the energy and nutrient containing materials have merged into a stable organic mass.
* refers to the age in years at which the being reaches physical maturity.
* refers to the physiological age of the animal rather than the chronological age
  - the live animal
  - when the final payment of principal is due
* represents the date on which a bond's principal is to be repaid.
* results from the soul's learning and growth.
  * matters for an admin, no matter where it comes from. Decisions can't be made off-wiki but if you act like an ass off wiki and people see it, it is certainly fair game to be able to tell if you are mature enough to be an admin. Peoples actions on other wikis or off-wikis still show what type of person they are.
* state few people attain
  - of mind

### period | maturity:

Reproductive maturity
* comes at a relatively old age, about twenty-five years.
* is reached at four to six years in females and seven to nine years in males.
* occurs at about two to three months of age
  - seven to ten years
+ Whale, Physiology, Reproduction: Cetaceans
  * A single calf is born every two or three years. Gestation takes up to a year. Reproductive maturity occurs at seven to ten years. This mode of reproduction produces few offspring, but increases their chance of surviving.