What is Maturity?

Poem on Maturity 

MATURITY is...  

Knowing when to use your head,

Or when to use your heart,

Knowing when to opt out of the race, 

 or when you should take part. 

It is not a level you reach,

Nor a sermon you preach,

It is about the choices you make,

Its about the risks that you take. 

It's about when to go with the flow, 

Or when to just get up and go. 

It is about who you can trust, 

And even who you should bust,

It determines who you support, 

and who you praise and applaud, 

What to stall, who to oppose,  

or, even when to expose a fraud.

It is continuous work in progress.. 

and doing what has to be done,

Its when to stay in the shadows, 

and when to bask in the sun. 

Its knowing how to push harder, 

and how to reach the top. 

Its challenging the status quo, 

even when Life asks you to stop. 

It is about being your best self, 

and daily playing your part.

Its not a science nor a formula, 

but it surely can become an art.   

Its closing your commitments, 

and completing what you start, 

It's not fake, nor being pseudo, 

it is being authentic till you depart.  

IAN FARIA.

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