THE MATURITY CONTINUUM…

Hello everyone, Today I want to share with you about The Maturity Continuum…which I found quite thought-provoking and interesting (from The Seven habits of Highly Effective People).

As I see the maturity continuum, it helps us to become to become more observant about the world around us.

The seven habits are not a set of separate or piecemeal psych-up formulas. In harmony with the natural laws of growth, they provide an incremental, sequential, highly integrated approach to the development of personal and interpersonal effectiveness.

They move us progressively on a maturity continuum from dependence to independence to inter-dependence. We each begin life as an infant, totally dependent on others. We are directed, nurtured and sustained by others. Without this nurturing, we would only live life for a few hours or a few days at the most.

Then, gradually over the ensuing months and years, we become more and more independent – physically, mentally, emotionally and financially – until eventually we can essentially take care of ourselves, becoming inner-directed and self-reliant.

As we continue to grow and mature, we become increasingly aware that all nature is interdependent, that there is an ecological system that governs nature, including society.

We further discover that the higher reaches of our nature have to do with our relationship with others – that human life is also inter-dependent. Our growth from infancy to adulthood is in accordance with natural law. And there are many dimensions to growth.

On the maturity continuum,

Dependence is the maturity continuum of you- you take care of me; you came through me, you didn’t come through; I blame you for the results.

Independence is the paradigm of I – I can do it; I am responsible; I am self-reliant; I can choose.

Interdependence is the paradigm of we – we can do it; we can co-operate; we can combine our talents and abilities and create something greater together.

Thus, from my view, this Maturity continuum is pointing to the direction of living happily together. ☺☺☺☺