Rejecting maturity

I took this story from Australian Devotion channel

When Jamie's 13-year-old brother died in a skating accident, his mother locked herself in her bedroom for days on end. That's when six-year-old Jamie decided he'd have to replace his brother, and the threads of an intricate fantasy were woven. He became obsessed with imitating his brother's personal characteristics; he wore the same clothes and learned to whistle like him. He became his mother's constant companion, deciding that to stay a child meant freedom from sorrow and responsibility. Jamie continued to resist adulthood, and it was as if his physical body joined in the resistance. At age seventeen he was barely five feet tall, and in later years children were among his closest friends. And no wonder - since age six he'd idealised childhood, rejecting maturity. In fact, the boy who sought eternal youth as a defence against tragedy never did grow up entirely. Instead he became famous for creating Never-Never Land, that ageless island of dreams where little boys never grow up. That's because Jamie eventually became Sir James Barrie - author of the children's book Peter Pan.

What's the lesson here? You're growing up spiritually when: You have the ability and discipline to feed yourself spiritually.

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