STOP AND THINK – Boys take, Men give. Boys create problems, Men solve problems, Boys complain, Men figure it out. Boys pout, Men endure. (John Bryson, business executive, former US Secretary of Commerce)
Bryson is speaking about maturity, isn’t he? And, his comments certainly apply to girls and women, too. One way we can evaluate one’s maturity is observing whether they take or give, pout or endure, and so on. Childhood is a fun, learning, and growing time, but it must come to an end as maturity enables a person to make a worthy contribution to society.
When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me (1 Corinthians 13:11).