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There is a level of maturity required in order to assume responsibility for oneself. Those who have not become grown up enough to do that will always find a way to allocate blame for whatever goes wrong to someone else.

There is a level of maturity required in order to accept the status quo without complaint; to see it as temporary; to view ones current circumstances as a stepping stone to long range goals.

There is a level of maturity required in order to express gratitude to other people who extend their assistance in difficult times and to lift ones heart in thanksgiving and praise to the Holy One who is the giver of all good gifts.

There is a level of maturity required before one can say with the Apostle Paul, "I have learned to be abased and I have learned how to abound. I have discovered that in whatever state I am to be content." Philippians 4:11, 12

Nathan McDaniel