Maturity is Valuable

[unspeakablehorror]

People dismiss the value of maturity so much, I feel.  Maturity is so often associated with someone being boring.  And even when it isn't, a lot of people associate it with things like following societal norms or politeness or subserviance, none of which...are what maturity actually is.  I always felt mature for my age as a kid, but I was very immature compared to myself today.  I gained a lot of maturity in those intervening years.  And I hope that I will continue to gain maturity for the rest of my life.  Maturity is an essential part of the mental toolset that allows us to acknowledge reality and *change* ourselves and the world around us.  And I can think of nothing less boring than being able to remake ourselves to be better people or to actually make a difference in this world.