Signs of Maturity

Neither the legal age nor the ability to earn a living are signs of adulthood. Here is what shows that a person has become an adult: 1. Resenting, expecting, and blaming parents are over. One finally accepts what they received in their family and stops making a tragedy out of what they lacked, and blaming the family for all their failures. 2. Realizing that there is no one ultimate truth in the world. One stops dividing the world into black and white, good and bad. Events and actions of others are no longer evaluated unambiguously and categorically. 3. Learning to distinguish reality from their expectations towards reality. If reality doesn't meet their expectations, it is not perceived as a tragedy. 4. Understanding that many things in the world do not need your comments or opinions. You don't give advice to those who did not ask for it. 5. Taking responsibility for their own life, not blaming others for failures, being able to express emotions, and having a life filled with a higher purpose. Not many of us have fully grown up...