Maturity
I don't think I'm a very mature person. Well not all the time at least.
I'm actually still trying to figure out what it means to be mature. When I was a kid, I thought all the high schoolers were mature. They actually had use for their backpacks, as opposed to young me who just needed a place for his sweater, they had lots of classes, they were older. Of course, once I hit high school, I realized that wasn't the case. Same with college.
My image of a mature person now tends to lean towards picturing a person who is very quiet and self aware. They choose their words carefully and every word that comes out of their mouth is full of wisdom. Like Yoda or something.
I've been reflecting on what it means to be mature. Especially since I hope to be developing student leaders as they become missional witnesses on campus. I figure I probably need some maturity for that.
As I mentioned, I feel like I can be very immature at times. Sometimes I'll just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind. Or I'll sing a Lonely Island song. I think about most of these things in the moment they come up. I'll have a brief moment where I'll be like "Hmmm...should I have said that?"
Anyway, there's no real point to this post I guess. I'm still trying to figure out what it means to be mature. I don't think it means that I have to stop being fun and such. I just have to be better at controlling what I say. I'll see where I'm at a few months from now. Maybe I'll have maturity figured out by then.