MATURITY

Maturity in psychology is the ability to respond to the environment in an appropriate manner. This response is generally learned rather than instinctive. It is expected that it advances with age; that is to say an older person should show or exhibit a higher level of maturity than a younger one but is not always the case for there are a lot of exceptions. Maturity is an attitude built by experience.

In my country; Nigeria, it was a weekend with a holiday for us as Monday was a work free day in remembrance of the return to democratic rule. For me it was a very busy one with clustered activities. This Tuesday morning, I woke up about few minutes to 5 am and felt like going back to sleep but responsibility advised me to get up from bed anyway.

Later about some minutes to 6 am, I woke up my 3 years old daughter – Chimamanda to prepare her for school as I usually take her to school on my way to office. Guess what she told me, she said I want to sleep again. I was surprised I and my daughter had same feeling only that our responses were different. She felt like sleeping again like I do but she was ready to actual do if I had allowed her but for me, I felt so but knew I cannot sleep again because I must be at office early as usual to office. Maturity and responsibility made me respond differently. So maturity comes with a sense of responsibility and duty.