*MATURE - also see BALANCE, COMPLETE, and IMMATURE
Maturity is really pleading for a realistic look at life and way of living it. A mature man does not act like a petulant child, eating the one fruit not allowed him and then pretending that the God who forbade it doesn't really exist. The mature person will enjoy everything in the vast garden of things the Lord has given; but he will also understand that as a human being he must undergo pain in this life in order to enjoy the perfect happiness. (Crucifix, p45)