TOPIC: MATURITY

SUB- TOPIC:

INTELLECTUAL
EMOTIONAL
SPIRITUAL

TOPIC STATEMENT:

Maturity can be defined as the development of intellectual, emotional, spiritual and

volitional capacity of and individual.

OBJECTIVES:

I. To know how maturity can be develop through intellectually, emotionally

and spiritually.
II. To give idea on how to develop immaturity in terms of process to become
mature as an individual.
III. How maturity affects the society and the communication to other.

Presenters:

 Limsiaco, Franz Niño D.

 Tioxon, Reyna Marie A.
 Torres, Audrey Juliana R.
 MATURITY

Maturity can be defined as the development of intellectual, emotional, spiritual and

volitional capacity of an individual. Other people refer to it as the ability of an individual to act
responsibly. Whereas some people may mature very early, some will take a long time. Currently,
young people are exposed to a lot information from a very tender age. As compared to the past,
today, the internet and some television programs offer bulk of information that has adult content.
Some of the qualities of immature person include the ability to apply wisdom is decision making,
showing empathy, being able to express gratitude, being humble while relating with others, and
being committed to finish all task. Certainly, not all adults can be said to possess such qualities.
Therefore, that being mature has little has nothing to do with the age of an individual. Yet,
society make expect those young ones to act responsibly because they have such expectations
cause conflicts in school and at home.

Intellectual maturity is being rational rather than emotional. Cognitive/Intellectual

immaturity refers to youths' still-developing thinking skills which are not yet as sophisticated and
reliable as those characteristic of adults. Cognitively immature people lack good judgment.
Immature thinking result in a youths' having difficulty thinking things through so as to anticipate
the consequences of their actions and make informed decisions or choices based upon those
anticipated consequences. As a result, youth easily appear impulsive, hasty, and even selfish.
Everyone gets better or worse during life. One’s character or maturity level may get better or
worse depending upon your upbringing, your home environment, and the books you read, friends
you have, the school you go to. In addition, all of your experiences, including traumas, illnesses,
work experiences, relationships and more can influence how fast you mature or develop your
character.

You must value yourself. This usually just takes some time to realize that you are not
worse or more inadequate than others. You must learn to be tough with yourself, and very
committed. You must stay on your path. You must not waiver in your desire to mature, and you
must realize there is a part of all of us that does not want us to mature and succeed. Look for
truth and side with it. You must take sides on issues and decide what you believe in, and
why. Realize that everyone, including yourself, has a childish, immature aspect and a more
mature aspect. . You must “be a man” or “a real woman”, in other words, and “face the music”,
rather than run away, play dead, or hide. Learn to be clever to outsmart the lower self. This
means to realize that your opponent inside of you, the immature you, is clever and you must
outsmart it at every turn so that it does not gain the upper hand. You must see that clever means
smart and savvy with yourself, and out of this you will become more “street smart” with others,
as well. Capitalism, not socialism, tends to help people mature.
 The brain's incomplete physical development is also in large part responsible for youthful
emotional immaturity. Emotion regulation is an important ability because it enables people to
consciously control how strongly they will feel emotions like anger, joy or fear. Such control
helps people limit the emotional highs and lows that are commonly called "mood swings."
Emotionally mature people don’t lie in uncomfortable situations. Rather, they face the reality of
them head-on. In a disagreement, they don’t resort to personal attacks; they address the issue
being discussed. They are not impulsive and they don’t speak recklessly. They make sure they
are calm and think before they speak.

Being emotionally responsible, he or she realizes that he or she can no longer view his or
her emotional states as the responsibility of external forces. The next level is self-acceptance and
self- understanding which is Emotional Honesty. It concerns the willingness of a person to know
and own his or her feelings. This level concerns a person’s Emotional Openness in willingness to
share and skills in sharing his or her feelings in an appropriate manner and at appropriate times.
A person at this level of work enters a new era of positive Emotional Assertiveness. The primary
goal here is to be able to ask for and to receive the nurturing that he or she needs and wants–first
from self, and then from others. Persons Emotional Understanding is the actual cause-and-effect
processes of emotional responsibility and emotional irresponsibility. Self-concepts are
understood to be “the” problem interfering with emotional responsibility. Such a person realizes
that it is not possible to have a so-called good self-concept without a complementary bad self-
concept. Lastly, the person lives without the burden and snare of self-concepts, self-images, self-
constructs, group-concepts, and thing-concepts. Emotionally intelligent people are in touch with
their emotions and able to articulate them. They don’t deny them, and they don’t try to mask
them as something else.

Spiritual maturity is a process that begins when a person accepts Jesus Christ as Savior.
He or she is born again of the Holy Spirit and then chooses to live "in Christ." The Apostle Paul
said that spiritual growth is an ongoing process. It is learning how to walk in obedience to God.
It is making the choice to live by God's viewpoint rather than your human viewpoint.It is not
done by osmosis, but it is done by choosing to apply God's Word in everyday circumstances. As
you walk step-by-step, applying God's Word to your life, you will grow spiritually. This is good
practical instruction on how you become spiritually mature.

Maturing has something to do with the control of the spirit over the soul, and the control
of the soul over the body. This is a more advanced concept, but an important one. In order to
experience spiritual maturity, you must also understand that growth comes by grace and it is God
alone reminds you that He, Himself is the source. For this very reason, make every effort to add
to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-
control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and
to brotherly kindness, love. Growing in spiritual maturity includes serving others in love.
Therefore, in order for Christian maturity to develop in your life, you must make a choice to
learn God's Word, allow God to renew your mind, and then be obedient to what you learn.

As we discuss on how immature people develop to be intellectually, emotionally and

spiritually matured. Intellectual matured people think rationally. They think about the
consequences of their actions before they act impulsively. They consider marginal thinking,
weighing the others’ perspective over being egocentric. We learn how to control ourselves
without being controlled by anger, jealousy, insecurities, being reckless and even making a
decision when we feel overwhelm. Being Emotional stable is one the problem of the people in
our world today, and we suggest that if we think and start to improve our emotional maturity we
can handle our own feelings in all aspect of our lives. We must control our feelings, do not let
our own feelings will control us. Lastly, as a Christian the connection to our God is the most
important relation that we must sustain in our lives and once we are with him, we will never be
alone.

We notice in young people who are mature intellectually, emotionally and spiritually are
the following; first, a mature person is able to keep long-term commitments, committed to
continue doing what is right even when they don’t feel like it. Mature people can receive
compliments or criticism without letting it ruin them or sway them into a distorted view of
themselves. Then, a mature person possesses a spirit of humility. They see how others have
contributed to their success and can even sincerely give honor to their Creator who gave them the
talent. This is the opposite of arrogance. Second, a mature person’s decisions are based on
character not feelings, in other words character is master over their emotions. Third, a mature
person expresses gratitude consistently, they see the big picture and realize how good they have
it, compared to most of the world’s population. Fourth, mature people knows how to prioritize
others before themselves, their agenda revolves around othersthan being self-centered. Finally, a
mature person seeks wisdom before acting. They don’t presume unless they have all the answers
and wiser they get the more they realize they need more wisdom.

Maturity makes a good connection to other people. If we are matured enough we can
understand the world that we have today without changing our own perspective in life into
something that creates negative effect into our environment and being matured is being able to
stand firm to our own feet, face the world and be wise to our decisions without deriving our
faults into depression.