Maturity

Morag wa'ay usa ka Cebuano word nga mo-describe kon unsay kahulogan sa pulong maturity. Mao nga di na lang ni nato Binisay-on. Mas masabtan pa tingali. Apan, ang labing duol nga meaning mao ang pagka-hamtong.

Apan kon moingon ko nga hamtong na ko, buot bang ipasabot nga mature na ko? Not necessarily, kay daghan kaayong mga hamtong nga wa'ay buot, ug daghan usang mga bata pa, di pa hamtong, apan mature na ang salabutan.

Anyway, sa libro ni Roy B. Zuck (ang tinubdan sa daghan natong mga quotes dinhi), ania kining iyang kahulogan sa maturity:

Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. Ingon ka ini ka mature, Dro?

Maturity is patience. It is the willingness to pass up immediate pleasure in favor of the long-term gain.

Maturity is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or situation in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks.

Maturity is the capacity to face unpleasantness and frustration, discomfort and defeat, without complaint or collapse.

Maturity is humility. Di ka kapasar ini, Dro, kay hilabihan nimo ka hambugero. It is being big enough to say "I was wrong." And when right, the mature person needed not experience the satisfaction of saying: "I told you so."

Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. The immature spend their lives exploring endless possibilities; then they do nothing.

Maturity means dependability, keeping one's word coming through in a crisis. The immature are masters of alibi. They are disorganized.

Maturity is the art of living in peace with that which we cannot change, the courage to change that which should be changes, and the wisdom to know the difference. Ang nagsuwat ini, si Ann Landers. Ingon ba niini ka-mature ang atong mga lider, Dro?