How emotionally mature are you?
"The mature person has developed attitudes in relation to oneself and his/her environment which have lifted one above "childishness" in thought and behavior."
Emotional maturity is directly linked to spiriutal maturity. How are you doing?
1. You accept criticism gratefully, being honestly glad for an opportunity to improve.
2. You do not indulge in self-pity. You have begun to feel the laws of compensation operating in all life.
3. You do not expect special consideration from anyone.
4. You control your temper.
5. You meet emergencies with poise.
6. You feelings are not easily hurt.
7. You accept the responsibility of you own actions without trying to make excuses.
8. You have outgrown the "all or nothing" or "black & white" stage. You recognize that no person or situation is wholly good or wholly bad, and you begin to appreciate the Golden Mean.
9. You are not impatient at reasonable delays. You have learned that you are not the arbiter of the universe and that you must often adjust yourself to other people and their convenience.
10. You are a good loser. You can endure defeat and disappointment without whining or complaining.
11. You do not worry about things you cannot help.
12. You are not given to boasting or "showing off" in socially unacceptable ways.
13. You are honestly glad when others enjoy success or good fortune. You have outgrown envy and jealousy.
14. You are open-minded enough to listen thoughtfully to the opinions of others.
15. You are not a chronic "fault-finder."
16. You plan things in advance rather than trusting to the inspiration of the moment.
(These were adapted from a brochure I found at my friend's AA meeting)
These would be worth "blogging" in future blog postings. For me, #9 is a good place to start.
3 Comments:
I'd like to say I'm almost there. The road to maturity is bumpy but worth the ride.
Ah, if only the Lutheran Church (ELCA) would use this measure of spiritual and emotional maturity instead of the endless psycho-babble testing they use in their candidacy process, we'd get a lot better crop of ministers out of 'em!
Glad to have found a fellow ragamuffin, Rick. This will be a frequent stop for me in the blog-sphere.
By the way, I run hot and cold - emotionally and spiritually, I can be 47 one moment (chrono=emo), 70 the next, and 14 by this afternoon. I think church work can do that to you, if you let it. Addictive personalities like mine fight all of these, at times.
I found your post here on my search for emotional maturity.
I love this post. My blog is all about financial maturity. I'm trying to get the points across regarding money and emotional maturity.
Emotional and financial maturity are extremely important topics.
I think that it's going to take a few generations for people to understand this type of maturity based on our fast paced lifestyle.
great post.
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