2. What is maturity? Number 1 The ability to understand our own deepest feelings and needs AND to be able to EXPRESS these feelings and needs in appropriate and constructive ways.
3. Number 2 The ability to think through our actions and consider their consequences.
4. The ability to respect the feelings and needs of others. Number 3
5. The ability to delay immediate satisfaction in order to reach long-term goals. Number 4
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7. Number 5 The ability to love—to think of another’s needs as if they were your own.
8. The ability to adapt flexibly and creatively to life’s changes. Number 6
9. Not to pout or emotionally blackmail others but to . . .