ma·tu·ri·ty noun \mə-ˈtu̇r-ə-tē, -ˈtyu̇r- also -ˈchu̇r-\
1: the quality or state of being mature; especially : full development
Full Development? Come on.
How many peoplr have you EVER heard of, that have reached full development. We're always changing.
I watched a movie the other day, about a family who stayed as they were forever. They all had drank water from a stream, which gave them eternal life. The father of the family said "we don't live, we just are " It got me thinking. How do I change? Many people have told me how mature I am. But the connotation of mature has changed. I'm mature because I'm able to make rational decisions as well as not give a flying fuck about what most people think about what I do. But from day to day, I see change in myself. And that's never going to change. Some days, I change alot. Like take June 27, 2010 for example. That day changed my life forever. But take that change. It's like a ripple effect. It will continue to change me until I die. Even after I die. I've begun to read "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters. It's a book composed of nothing but epitaphs. The epitaphs describe things from love to drunks to people who made a social impact. But it shows that peopole develop even after death. And not in the spiritual kind of way. Have you ever dropped a fishing line in the water and then reeled in right away? Every person is a fishing line. Just because you pull the line out of the water doesn't mean the ripples stop.
Yes this totally has to do with the main topic. Basically, I think websters is 100% wrong. Because to be mature is possible. Because we're always more mature than we were the previous second. Or you can look at it as, you can never be mature. Because we always change. But it doesn't mean that you're closer to being fully developed.
I guess my whole point of this whole rant is that you can never expect to be a complete person. Or to be perfect. You can only expect to find your best source of contentment for each moment you have on this earth. Because even after you become a part of it, you will echo throughout it forever.
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