We develop a more realistic view of where we are in the grand scheme of things during our life. We go from “the way to make progress is to keep going when you start to feel tired!" to I am okay with how I am.

Growing mature follows a pretty standard path: in short, we develop a more realistic view of where we are in the grand scheme of things.

When we’re babies, everything is black and white; we’re the center of the world

Over time, we acknowledge other people, with their own perspectives:

Later, our identity gets wrapped up in the group — we want nothing more than to belong because our group is the best in the world:

The next step: we feel comfortable being ourselves.