The book "Tuesdays with Morrie", by Mitch Albom, describes the relationships between society in which our decisions from the pass can be a reflection in the future, "the guidance an old man [Morrie] gives to a young man [Mitch]", chasing the dreams you really want and that anybody can have an influence on someone no matter the age. Seemingly everybody is suppose to be the same, we chase dreams, make friends, make money, get married, have kids, get divorced, and die, but really we are all different in how we choose to achieve those things. This book points out a lot of things that we may not realize. Mitch is a work-aholic who likes to make money and can be "immature" in the ways he deals with things where Morrie, who is in contrast to that, is more laid back and a very happy individual, he too can be "immature" at times. I mean can't anybody?
Mitch is a student, in Morrie's class, that just likes to keep to himself. Not talking about much to nobody. He is a student that tries to do his best but also very shy, making it hard for himself to open up. When Morrie taught his course, which he taught what ever he really wanted (all was useful information about life), Mitch was interested, slightly. As time passed, he grew, got wiser and more mature. Or so he thought. After graduation Mitch moved on to something that he (thought he would have) loved to do. He was a column writer for athletes. Mitch loved his job because he made a lot of money doing just that. Money was all he could think about. The cash flow was the blind fold preventing him to actually realize or seeing why he was in this job. Most people like the fact of having more and more money...but at what cost? The happiness? Mitch didn't always know what to do, he had bigger plans to actually become something; whatever else he wanted to do could have made him a happier/better person and not just following what he thought was right, but what he really felt. The immature ways of this situation is not thinking for yourself. Not creating a happy environment to be surrounded in and being more confidence and more mature. The one night Mitch had the T.V on to the "Nightime" show and was carelessly watching and herd the name, "Morrie". After about sixteen years he finally herd that name and looked. It was the Professor. The Coach. The old man. Mitch and Morrie soon reunite and create an unbreakable bond. Like father like son. Something that can't be broken easily. They matured into two different people by the help of one another. Life is something that we should love and not ever regret. The time that we put into our lives is what mends into mature people we want to be seen as or become. The more Mitch saw Morrie "suffer" made him a bigger, better, brighter and more mature individual. Also by watching Morrie slowly die, right in front of his very eyes changed his perspective on how he viewed things before.
Maturity is not something that can just come within the "snap of a finger". It takes work, like most things in life. There are many ways to achieve that "mature" image. Something important to you like: helping others (besides yourself), learning something new, a tragedy (loved one passing, "failing" at something you have attempted), those things can be the first step to a more mature person because there is nothing that you can't learn from. But with some individuals maturity can come faster. If a family member passes, they may get the feeling like they have to take on more responsibilities or even play the role of someone else along with themselves. Plus juggling there own responsibilities and duties.
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