Emotional Maturity

 Many people decide to change, improve their life in order to get something, like a job, finish school, marriage, or to avoid something, like being fired, divorce, failure in school, bad health.  People try to give up an addiction for some of these same reasons.  But they sell themselves short if they do not seek emotional maturity or emotional sobriety.  All those other things they  sought will be unsatisfying without this emotional maturity.  Note the rich and famous people who are still very unhappy.  People can have lots of outside stuff to fill the outsides, but inside, in the heart, they are empty or at least not filled enough.  I try to work on the insides each day or at least point myself in that direction to keep some focus on priorities.