Maturity

I have written about maturity before.

However, that post was written about a year ago. My thoughts, emotions were different then. I was less sober, I talked without really processing the words that escaped from my mouth and I got hurt easily. 

Now, as I reflect on the word 'maturity', I don't think it is acting like a grown up person. I think it's being an adult. 

When you're at this stage where I am, you are neither a child nor a grown up. You are in between. Some people of my age go on acting like they are kids (like me, for instance) while there are others who start acting like they're stuck up and way too grown up.

Last year, if you would've asked me whether one should have had a little childish streak, then I would've unhesitatingly answered yes. But now when you ask me the very same question, I'd say this: 

Never lose touch with your childhood. As you grow, as you graduate to newer things, people and places, you can't simply act like a kid and let your guardian lead the way. You need to learn to stand up on your own feet, try to make your own decisions (even if they might be stupid in the end) and never be swayed by what's popular. 

However, you should never lose those memories, the fun you had when you were a kid. That keeps you grounded. 

Unless you were like Tom Riddle who made his first Horcrux during his adolescence.

I guess going to extra classes must have helped tremendously in changing my outlook. I thought that those classes were practically useless back then. I guess I was consumed in my own arrogance. 

Arrogance is something no mature person has. Those who act like they are adults are mostly the ones who act like they owe something to the world. 

When I look back at how I was back then, I characterize myself as someone who was frivolous, way too childish and way too scared about growing up. Also, I might like to add, a bit too rebellious (I still am, mind you). 

I don't think I was arrogant. Yes, I have been rude. However, I try to make up for it by being extra nicer. It's like I've added too much of salt and cover it up by adding double the amount of sugar (I mean it figuratively. Literally speaking, I would hate such kind of a dish. Besides, I won't eat that dish because I don't eat much). 

As I was saying, maturity is not acting like you're a grown up (as I said in one of my posts). It's more like trying to steady yourself in the ferocious wind called the world (Again, I do not mean it literally. So please do not make a joke out of my oh-so-poetic language). 

When you look at so many girls out there, trying to wear too adult-like makeup, doing disgustingly stupid stuff that may (no, correction: will harm their lives), you just know they're not mature. The ones who are really mature are those who face life's blows as they come by with strength and bravery.