“Patience is the companion of wisdom” - St. Augustine

 

The virtue of patience is the first thing I would like to develop in myself.  I don’t have patience and I believe that in order to attain all that is necessary in life, I need to perfect this first.  Patience is one of the Seven Theological Virtues. Patience and perseverance are always together, but I think that I have perseverance, what I don’t have is patience. 

 

I easily get annoyed when people around me couldn’t understand what I’m trying to say, not that I’m bad at explaining, I get annoyed because I feel that their brains are too slow to function properly.  But that thought just makes me sick, how could I think of that?  Whenever I drive, I easily loose my patience and that I get angry easily at other drivers who seem to be wandering around the park. I couldn’t even wait for food when we are in a restaurant.  Maybe all of these are pointed to one reason, that I get bored easily.  How come I can patiently finish a thousand page novel but I can’t wait around a commercial break when I’m watching television?

 

The greatest amount of patience I have shown was when I had to wait a month for me to open my new laptop which I wanted to be open on a specific date.  That was patience, I just had to stare at it.  But that sort of patience doesn’t count as anything.  I need patience with other people, patience with myself.

 

I want patience in order to develop into a better person.  I need patience to fully grow as expected.