I will mature or I will not mature, that is the question - LOH contest week #258 / Maduro o no maduro, esa es la cuestión - concurso LOH semana #258 (eng-esp)

Hello, my friends!

As I told you before, @cautiva-30 has come with two questions that touch my heart deeply in this community contest for week #258: maturity.

From the moment I heard about Peter Pan Syndrome, I said to myself: "this is my thing." I've never wanted to grow up, and I don't think it has anything to do with age. I know children and teenagers who are the ones we tell they were born old.

I'm not the same.
Growing old, unfortunately, is an obligation. That doesn't mean I don't try to violate that natural law, by any means possible. Now, it's not synonymous with letting ourselves age no matter what.
That's why I exercise, eat a balanced diet, avoid a sedentary lifestyle, walk a lot, and stay away from harmful habits that harm my body.

Although, of course, from time to time, you have to sin a little. It's not like I'm a monk.

I may age, of course, but I do it as best and as gracefully as possible. I'm 39, but I feel twenty.

As for maturity, until a few years ago, before I met my wife, I would have said yes: maturing is optional. I never wanted to, nor do I want to. However, if you want to be someone in life, you have to mature out of necessity.
But I understand that maturity is like intelligence; there isn't just one. As long as we keep the inner child active, there will always be maturity-free zones. Like me and my games, me and my rejection of any position or leadership. I've always wanted to be free of responsibilities that tie me down to somewhere or to someone.

However, since I became a stepfather and found myself, naturally and voluntarily, heading a household, building a life alongside a wonderful woman like @elviguitarra, I've matured.
I've grown in many personal, human, and professional ways. Suddenly, I saw my world differently and realized how much I'd grown. And I said to myself, "It's all been for the best, but you've matured."
Then, my immature self said, "Okay, I'll mature in some ways, but I'm uncompromising in others."
And that self is that inner child who doesn't want to grow up and wants to stay forever playing in Neverland. That child who believes in magic, likes comics, cartoons, superhero movies, jokes all the time, and is terrified of being the boss of something or the person in charge of projects, so that he can move on to something else when I get bored.

Unfortunately, that child struggles with the professional who wants to create events, promote literary movements, and fight for the rights of writers in my country; in addition to giving a good life, the best possible life, to his wife and children.
It's difficult, but it can be done.
So, yes, growing up may be optional, but only for those who don't want a future for themselves or their families.
Or for those who don't know that you can grow up in parts... that's my secret.


Versión en español


Hola, amigas mías!

Tal y como les dije anteriormente @cautiva-30 ha venido con dos preguntas que me tocan hondo en el corazón en este concurso de la comunidad de la semana #258: la madurez.

Desde el momento en que escuché hablar del Síndrome de Peter Pan, me dije: “esto es lo mío”. Nunca he querido madurar y creo que no tiene que ver con la edad. Conozco niños, adolescentes que son esos a los que les decimos que nacieron viejos.
No soy el caso.
Envejecer, desgraciadamente es una obligación. Eso no quiere decir que no intente violar esa ley natural, por todos los medios posibles. Ahora, tampoco es un sinónimo de dejarnos envejecer como sea.
Para eso hago ejercicios, me alimento con una dieta balanceada, evito el sedentarismo, camino mucho y me alejo de los vicios nocivos que atentan contra mi cuerpo.
Aunque, claro, de vez en cuando, hay que pecar un poquito. No es que sea un monje.

Puede que envejeca, claro, pero lo hago lo mejor y lo más dignamente posible. Tengo 39 años, pero me siento de veinte.
Sobre la madurez, hasta hace unos años atrás, antes de conocer a mi esposa, te hubiera dicho que sí: madurar es opcional. Yo nunca quise ni quiero madurar. Sin embargo, si uno quiere ser alguien en la vida, por obligación, maduras.
Pero entiendo que la madurez es como la inteligencia, no hay una sola. Siempre que mantengamos al niño interior activo, siempre habrán zonas libre de madurez. Como lo soy yo y los juegos, yo y el rechazo a todo cargo o jefatura. Siempre he querido estar libre de responsabilidades que me aten a algún lado o personas.

Sin embargo, desde que me hice padrastro y me encontré, de forma natural y voluntaria al frente de una casa, construyendo una vida al lado de una mujer maravillosa como lo es @elviguitarra, maduré.
Crecí en muchísimos aspectos personales, humanos y profesionales. De pronto vi mi mundo de una forma diferente y noté cuánto había crecido. Y me dije: “todo ha sido para bien, pero maduraste”.
Entonces, mi parte inmadura dijo que: “está bien, maduraré algunos aspectos, pero en otros soy intransigente”.
Y esa parte es ese niño interior que no quiere crecer y se quiere quedar jugando eternamente en Nunca Jamás. Ese niño que cree en la magia, le gustan los comics, las historietas, las películas de super héroes, las bromas a toda hora y le aterroriza ser jefe de algo o responsable de trabajos, para poder cambiar a otro cuando me aburra.

Lamentablemente, ese niño lucha con el profesional que quiere crear eventos, impulsar movimientos literarios y luchar por los derechos de los escritores en mi país; además de darle una buena vida, la mejor vida posible a su esposa e hijos.
Es difícil, pero se consigue.
Así que, sí, puede que madurar sea opcional, pero solo para ese que no desea tener un futuro para él ni para los suyos.
O para el que no sepa que se puede madurar por partes… es mi secreto.



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Ya somos dos jajajaja
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Even though ageing is natural, doing so as gracefully as possible is important. I love how you say that as long as we keep our inner child active, as well as the secret that you can mature in stages, it is reflected in your decision to start a family and your desire to give them the best life possible. Thank you for sharing your experiences,
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Ha ha ha, I still lower my maturity candor when I spend any planned family time with my sons. Even as they are young adults, we have more fun when I get down to their level on games night.
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This is the way, my dear friend. We can't mature complete. That's the way to kill the joy in our lives.

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