A simple question that I think most would give various definitions to. However, I believe emotional maturity really comes from the realization that nothing anybody else does or says can really annoy or irritate you unless and until you give them permission to. There is only one way a person can disturb you, and that is through your own thoughts. Getting angry about something requires you to go through four stages in your mind that are pretty commonly understood by most who are students of mind processes.
First, you start out by thinking about what was said.
Second, you decide to get angry.
Third, generate emotions associated with that anger, usually in the form of rage.
Four, decide to act either in the form of talking back, or perhaps in the form of action.
See how much work it takes? Your thought, generated emotion, reacted, and took action all within your very own mind, nothing else.
So what does it mean to be emotionally mature? Simply to not be childish and react in a natural manner which tends to be negative in a resentful or critical manner of others. No one likes it, but we are all belittled or criticized in some form of another from time to time. When this happens however, we have the ability to choose how we are going to react when this happens. If you are mature, you refrain from responding in a similar level. Do not permit any kind of person, place, or thing to detract you from your inner sense of peace and health.
So now you have read this and maybe you are thinking, ‘Uh oh, this is me… can I change this?’. The answer is YES, emotional maturity isn’t that hard to come to. It calls for consistent action in prayer. Read the following prayer each day. Visualize all of your relations with others being in a peaceful and harmonious manner. See what you want to happen actually happening in your mind. As you think, so shall it be. Speak the following words daily with conviction and belief:
I think, speak, and act lovingly, quietly, and peacefully. I now radiate love, peace, tolerance, and kindliness to all those who criticized me and gossiped about me. I anchor my thoughts on peace, harmony, and goodwill to all.
Whenever I am about o react negatively, I say firmly to myself, “I think, speak, and act from the standpoint of the principle of harmony, health, and peace within myself.”
God leads, rules, and guides me in all my ways.
If this prayer makes a difference in your life please do post your comments about it. I would be happy to the share with you some additional information that will go a lot further. 
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