If you are of ample age, you will probably understand where I'm coming from. I, only being 18 and two months, feel like I've matured more rapidly than most of my peers and I think it's due to my introspective nature. In my youth, I tended to dwell on my mistakes more than the average person and I beat myself up twice as hard for them; it was my sick way of teaching myself a lesson, I suppose. I'm sure that a lot of the older members of this board know that as I brought most of my reflections on the forum for you all to observe. I admitted that I was broken more often than other people would like to admit.
Now I'm not saying that beating yourself up is the key to maturity, but honest reflection is a big part of it. Being able to admit my mistakes is something that I take a great pride in. For example, I became far more patient because I thought about the person I once was and how some of the people I know must have had their patience tested by the little things I did that might have made them mad. I understand that most people can't comprehend that some of the things that they do can actually get on someone's nerves because, in our own minds, "we're perfect;" the human condition allows that closed state of mind. Allowing myself to break down that barrier and admit my own faults is something that I did at a young age and, as of today, I haven't looked back.
Other things that I credit my maturity to are my willingness to thank myself when necessary, my ability to learn from the mistakes of others, and my ability to be silent when needed and speak when the time is right. I rarely talk aloud because I don't think it's proper to just blurt out every stupid thought that comes to my head. When I do talk, it's often because I have a good question or I have something that I feel can be added to a conversation. Outside of that, however, I rarely talk. I learned how to be patient through experience. I learned how to reflect through practice.
Has anyone else had a similar experience of, y'know, just adjusting the way you feel about thinking and the way you think about feeling? That's really the only way I can describe what I've experienced.
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I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
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Now I'm not saying that beating yourself up is the key to maturity, but honest reflection is a big part of it. Being able to admit my mistakes is something that I take a great pride in. For example, I became far more patient because I thought about the person I once was and how some of the people I know must have had their patience tested by the little things I did that might have made them mad. I understand that most people can't comprehend that some of the things that they do can actually get on someone's nerves because, in our own minds, "we're perfect;" the human condition allows that closed state of mind. Allowing myself to break down that barrier and admit my own faults is something that I did at a young age and, as of today, I haven't looked back.
Other things that I credit my maturity to are my willingness to thank myself when necessary, my ability to learn from the mistakes of others, and my ability to be silent when needed and speak when the time is right. I rarely talk aloud because I don't think it's proper to just blurt out every stupid thought that comes to my head. When I do talk, it's often because I have a good question or I have something that I feel can be added to a conversation. Outside of that, however, I rarely talk. I learned how to be patient through experience. I learned how to reflect through practice.
Has anyone else had a similar experience of, y'know, just adjusting the way you feel about thinking and the way you think about feeling? That's really the only way I can describe what I've experienced.
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence