*What is maturity?

1. Maturity is *when you stop trying to change others, ...instead focus on changing yourself.*

2. Maturity is when you

 *accept people as they are.*

3. Maturity is when you

*understand everyone is right in their own perspective.*

4. Maturity is when you 

*learn to "let go".*

5. Maturity is when you are

 able to *drop "expectations" from a relationship and give for the sake of giving.*

6. Maturity is when you

*understand whatever you do, you do for your own peace.*

7. Maturity is when you *stop proving to the world, how intelligent you are.*

8. Maturity is when you *don't seek approval from others.*

9. Maturity is when you *stop comparing with others.*

10. Maturity is when you *are at peace with yourself.*

11. Maturity is when you *are able to differentiate between "need" and "want" and are able to let go of your wants.*

*& last but most meaningful !*

12. You gain Maturity when you *stop attaching "happiness" to material things !!*

_*Wishing all a happy matured life. 😊*

-Manu

The Root of All Sufferings

"It is narrated in the Bhagavata that the Avadhuta had twenty-four gurus, one of whom was a kite. In a certain place the fishermen were catching fish. A kite swooped down and snatched a fish. At the sight of the fish, about a thousand crows chased the kite and made a great noise with their cawing. Whichever way the kite flew with the fish, the crows followed it. The kite flew to the south and the crows followed it there. The kite flew to the north and still the crows followed after it. The kite went east and west, but with the same result. As the kite began to fly about in confusion, lo, the fish dropped from its mouth. The crows at once let the kite alone and flew after the fish. Thus relieved of its worries, the kite sat on the branch of a tree and thought: 'That wretched fish was at the root of all my troubles. I have now got rid of it and therefore I am at peace.'

"The Avadhuta learnt this lesson from the kite, that as long as a man has the fish, that is, worldly desires, he must perform actions and consequently suffer from worry, anxiety, and restlessness. No sooner does he renounce these desires than his activities fall away and he enjoys peace of soul."

-Manoj Ganadi. 

Always Delay Judgement for a second.

Always Delay Judgement. A very worth file read!

A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands.

 Her mum came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile: “my sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?”

The girl looked up at her mum for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick bite on one apple, and then quickly on the other.

 The mum felt the smile on her face freeze. She tried hard not to reveal her disappointment.

 Then the little girl handed one of her bitten apples to her mum, and said: mummy, here you are. This is the sweeter one.

No matter who you are, how experienced you are, and how knowledgeable you think you are, always delay judgement. Give others the privilege to explain themselves. What you see may not be the reality. Never conclude for others.

 Which is why we should never only focus on the surface and judge others without understanding them first.

Those who like to pay the bill, do so not because they are loaded, but because they value friendship above money.

Those who take the initiative at work, do so not because they are stupid but because they understand the concept of responsibility.

Those who apologize first after a fight, do so not because they are wrong but because they value the people around them.

Those who are willing to help you, do so not because they owe you any thing but because they see you as a true friend.

Those who often text you, do so not because they have nothing better to do but because you are in their heart.

 One day, all of us will get separated from each other; we will miss our conversations of everything & nothing; the dreams that we had. Days will pass by, months, years, until this contact becomes rare… One day our children will see our pictures and ask “Who are these people? “And we will smile with invisible tears because a heart is touched with a strong word and you will say: “IT WAS THEM THAT I HAD THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE WITH”

-Manoj Ganadi