Normally, maturity is associated with age and years of chronological life experience. However, when it comes to emotional maturity, age may have little to do with it. Often the physical maturity comes before emotional maturity. Maturing means understanding that there is no greater love than self love, learn and accept what life presents us and move on.

Emotional maturity does not come from nowhere; It requires work, effort, good will and the desire to look inward and met yourself better, with the head and heart in perfect harmony. Maturing means facing reality as it is often much more painful than we would like.

Here are seven characteristics of people emotionally mature;

1. Knowing how to say goodbye is emotional maturity

Most of us feel very scared, especially when it comes to releasing the things that hold us and let life flow. Think that the past was better is very painful; prevents us from letting go. People emotionally mature know that life is much better when it is lived in freedom. So they let go of what does not belong to them, because they understand that being stuck on the past keeps us from closing cycles and heal our emotional wounds.

2- They can look at their emotional past without pain

People emotionally mature know the importance of living in the present, overcoming and accepting what happened. What happened, happened; we can not change. Learn from the mistakes and move on. If we lose touch with our inner, we not move away from it, but allow the negative of our past interfere in our present life. This is very painful.

"It is for this reason that, when we have learned enough about our pain, we lose the fear to look inside and we can heal our emotional past to go a step further in life."

3- They are aware of what they think and know

Emotional maturity helps us better understand our own feelings and those of others. People emotionally mature strive to write and think about their opinions or how they feel.

"Maturing is be careful what you say, regarding what hear and meditate on what you think."

Mental clarity of mature people contrasts with laziness and mental chaos of immature people. Therefore, the emotional maturity helps solve everyday problems effectively.

4- They not complain about anything

Stop complaining is the best way to promote change.

Complaints can imprison us in dead labyrinths. Emotionally mature people have learned that we are what we think. If you act more and complain less, it means that is growing emotionally.

You want to live unhappy? Complain about everything and everyone.

5- They can be empathetic without being influenced by others' emotions

Emotionally mature people have respect for themselves and others. They have the ability to relate the best possible way with others; They know how to listen, talk and exchange information. They learned the generous way of looking at the other; we all have different values, but we want to be accepted and happy.

6- They not punish themself by own mistakes

We learn from our mistakes; fails allows us to see the ways that we should not follow.

Mature people do not punish because they have limitations, just accept it and try to improve. They know that everything does not always happen as we want, but every mistake is a good opportunity for personal growth.

7- They learned to open up emotionally

The emotional armor belong to the past. It is very important to have commitment, love, self-confidence and believe in people. Do not be a perfectionist and do not expect perfection from others. Forget the disagreements and forgive, including yourself.

"Enjoy the time shared in the same way as enjoying the time alone."

Emotional maturity is to take control of your life, having your own world vision and ambition for success. By developing emotional maturity life it becomes a pleasure, not an obligation.