I was in a discussion yesterday with a bunch of guys and we got onto
the topic of emotional maturity. A bunch of middle-aged guys talking
about emotional maturity is kind of like a bunch of ladies discussing
jock straps—there is a probability that we don’t know what we’re
talking about. Nonetheless, it was a great conversation because we all
in different ways acknowledged that this area is a seriously neglected
aspect of our development. It isn’t that we aren’t aware of our emotions, but we aren’t always
very literate in how to manage them and, given the culture’s bias
toward ‘strong’ manly images, we’ve ended up more confused than mature.[
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Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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