I have had many different concepts of what it is to be mature.
Some were detrimental to my mental, spiritual, emotional and physical wellbeing.
My most damaging was when I shut off the emotions and decided that a real man could be mature enough to not feel anything and be supportive and strong for his loved ones.
Don’t ever do that.
I needed to have that experience even though it caused me a lot of anxiety, depression, hatred, back and stomach issues.
I’m sure I stayed in that belief for much longer than needed for the lesson to be learned. I can be stubborn.
I eventually discovered that feelings and emotions are normal and healthy. It is my expression of them that can be childish or mature.
I have found that acknowledging, accepting, and expressing any emotion can happen without drama or trauma.
And I need not feed the painful ones with my insistence that they end, never occur, or are unacceptable thus creating more of the negative or painful feelings and emotions.
Today I choose to appreciate the gift of feelings and emotions, and I choose to allow them to flow without judgement.
May each of you allow yourself the gift of healthy emotional maturity.
You are Love and Loved.
