Expository Essay, Certain events that mark the start of maturity.

In life you meet and have to surpass challenges making you more mature in each conceding step you take. There are major steps where each person meets these challenges and in each new problems arise to be conquered, if one is to fail these challenges they will ultimately not be able to cope with the everyday life of a married adult. Life presents itself in specific events barring its teeth at you begging for you to rise to meet the challenge, some of these challenges much less significant then others in the deciding factor of your ultimate success. Of these challenges two major hurdles present themselves with the greatest height, the commitment and responsibility that is required from yourself and another through marriage, and having your first child.

Approaching the hurdles of marriage, many will fumble over their own feet in the unpresidented amount of responsibility that is promptly burdened upon you. With the exception of couples that participate in a common law relationships and deal with their personal affairs seperately; there is a lot that is suddenly placed upon you, such as: bills, taxes, paperwork. If either partner fails to clear this hurdle the relationship will suffer considerably, as one partner has to take on more of the established duties that would have been shared in a normal instance of marriage. Worst yet a couple where both are unable to cope with the new found responsibilities learn to sink or swim the quickest, as they are struck repeatedly by the brutality of real life. Even if a balance is met both partners are endowed with a new sense of maturity as they have cleared one of life's many tests. Marriage being one of the toughest along with the conception of your first child and the responsibilities that are incidentally burden upon you.


What would be considered as the larger hurdle in the set that represents life, is the burden of another ones life that instead belongs to you and your partner. This is the point in life where many acknowledge their life was forever changed after child birth, as large amounts of responsibility is placed heavily upon you in the form of a "bundle of joy." Marriage you can hit rough patches and make mistakes and get past them, whereas bearing a child actually means to take care of another human beings life, not as meager as a contract between two people. A mistake made when it comes down to taking care of a child can be dire, as babies are delicate and unable to think proactively for themselves. Taking a life compared to breaking a contract is on two completely different levels thus the stress and responsiblity that comes tied with the "bundle of joy". Though this bundle will change your life completely and will force you to shape your life around a small child, forcing you to change your schedules and adapt them to that you can take proper care of the infant. If you are capable of conforming to all of these changes and rising to the challenge then you just may have cleared the largest hurdle in life and are heading straight and true to the finish line, which unfortuntely happens to be your death.


It is clear that life presents many challenges, many of which everyone will have to attempt to overcome at some point or another in their lifetime. Of which challenges two present themselves as being the most difficult to overcome as a change in maturity is forced instictively on each indivual to cope with the new found responsibilities. The two challenges are the contract one creates to another through marriage, and bearing a child and all of the implications and responsibilities that follow. It is also clear that if one fails to complete some of the challenges they will be unable to cope with much in life and ultimately unable to mature to their full potential.