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Growing up and being mature aren't the same. Being mature, that's when you know what the consequenses are, but you still do whatever it is you weren't supposed to do. Being mature means you admit you were wrong, you accept help, or you stop yourself when you know you've gone too far. Maturity is gradual, you slowly realize over time that you made mistakes, and you must correct them.
Growing up is very different. Growing up is knowing what the consequenses are, and not doing something in order to avoid them. Growing up is not getting into situations until you know you won't be wrong, actively seeking help, and stopping yourself before you've gone to far, saving yourself so that you don't go too far. Growing up isn't as much fun, and growing up doesn't happen over time.
It happens all at once, the moment you realize that you're no longer a child, someone who'll be coddled and led from place to place. You see that people don't support you, but you must support them, and you do, not because you think you have to, but because you know you really do want the best for them. Growing up mean sacrificing one of the best things you've ever had, because you know you can't stop life long enough to wait. And when you grow up, the first thing you do is cry.
Growing up is very different. Growing up is knowing what the consequenses are, and not doing something in order to avoid them. Growing up is not getting into situations until you know you won't be wrong, actively seeking help, and stopping yourself before you've gone to far, saving yourself so that you don't go too far. Growing up isn't as much fun, and growing up doesn't happen over time.
It happens all at once, the moment you realize that you're no longer a child, someone who'll be coddled and led from place to place. You see that people don't support you, but you must support them, and you do, not because you think you have to, but because you know you really do want the best for them. Growing up mean sacrificing one of the best things you've ever had, because you know you can't stop life long enough to wait. And when you grow up, the first thing you do is cry.