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Originally Posted by The Unconquered  Anyone who lives longer grows older, but that doesn't mean they grow wiser. |
Hey, I resemble that remark!
It's true, though. I think you only start to grow in emotional maturity when you really start to own your own "stuff". All your actions, decisions, reactions, thoughts, opinions, emotions, ideas, etc., and by "own" I don't mean "defend just because you claim them as your own", I mean "accept full responsibility". Good, bad, and indifferent, you have to take responsibility for it, and learn from it. You really do reap what you sow, and if you've sown bad seeds, you need to accept the harvest and learn how to plant better seeds.
(FWIW, my nick is actually a joke on myself. I am wiser now that I'm older, but it's mostly because when I was younger, I was a complete f#&kwit.
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