If you can see a work which you have begun taken from you and given to
another without feeling bitterness--that is maturity.

If you can listen to someone criticize you, even unkindly, and receive
instruction from it without hard feelings--that is maturity.

If you can see others chosen for a job which you yourself are better
qualified to do without feeling hurt--that is maturity.

If you can see a person do an act which is against your Christian
standards and react without self-righteousness--that is maturity.

If you can hear a man argue a point of view which is contrary to your
own and accept his right to his own opinion without a feeling of
smugness--that is maturity.

If you can see someone you know deliberately snub you, and still make
allowances for his actions--that is maturity.

If you can suffer nagging pain or ache, still singing and praising God,
hiding your feelings for the sake of others--that is maturity.

If you can give yourself to help someone else who needs you, without
having the idea that you are "a pretty good fellow"--that is maturity.

If you can crawl out of bed at an early hour to pray when you would
rather sleep, because you realize that here lies your power with
God--that is maturity.

If you can look upon every man as an object of God's yearning, so that
you become burdened for his soul--that is maturity.