1. Guilt
1.1. Guilt can cause a life changing experience
1.1.1. "This was the beginning of compassion, and one cannot have both compassion and innocence."
1.2. Childhood can cause a lot of guilt when you mature
1.2.1. "For as I gazed at the immobile face with the sad, weary eyes, I gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood."
2. Understanding
2.1. When you mature you gain a lot of understanding
2.1.1. " whatever was of love and beauty and joy that had not been squeezed out by life, had been there in the marigolds she had so tenderly cared for."
2.2. Understanding something can change yiyr view on it
2.2.1. \"Of course I could not express the things that I knew about Miss Lottie as I stood there awkward and ashamed. "
3. Maturity
3.1. There is a point in your life where you change from child to adult
3.1.1. "
3.1.1.1. "The child in me sulked and said it was all in fun, but the woman in me flinched at the thought of the malicious attack that I had led"
3.2. Maturity is something that happens to everyone at some point
3.2.1. " I gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood."
4. Innocence
4.1. When you are a child you dont see the result of your actions
4.1.1. "Innocence involves an unseeing acceptance of things at face value, an ignorance of the area below the surface"
4.2. Only when you lose your innocence can you see how innocent you once were
4.2.1. "I know that that moment marked the end of innocence."