I wrote some in my last post about my unhealthy desire to seek approval from certain influencers in my life. Though those unhealthy attachments had a great deal to do with my lack of ability to embrace reality, essentially, they represented my issues with emotional capacity.

Dr. John Townsend calls this issue “the adulthood character structure.” Others may simply call it maturity, and I also refer to it as emotional capacity. Truthfully, however, as adults, we have the freedom to make our own decisions without permission from other adults. We can judge our own abilities. We can choose what we value. We can have opinions of our own. We can disagree with other people, including people who are important to us and those we respect. We also have the responsibility to approach other adults with the same mutual respect and freedom.

Why can we do all of these things? Here’s the simple answer: We’re adults. I think you would be shocked at how many people struggle with this particular part of their character. I hope this post really opens your eyes to some important aspects of emotional capacity.

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