The art of patience, as I would call it. Being able to wait, to think ahead of things, to not screw yourself up over something minor, all of which are related to patience in one way or another. I'd define patience as the ability to not rush things and to have enough willpower to think things through and not screw yourself up. This is a very important and useful trait/quality in a human being...or all animals in particular. It is also, surprise surprise, and quality which many people lack today due to the attention span of the average human being having the attention span of a goldfish (Goldfish = 8 seconds, Human = 8.5 seconds, according to the Google AI).
So, what is this trait? How do we use it? And most importantly, how long am I going to keep on yapping about the skill of willpower? Let's find out.
To start things off, lets go with the basics. I've already told you dingleberries the definition of patience, so what more of it? Let's start off things with a little bit of visualization for a more immersive understanding. Picture this: You're at school/workplace or whatever, and you see some random guy just seem to keep glancing at you and whispering things to his friends, probably making fun of you. Now, immediately, a normal person would confront the guy, trying to let out their anger on the guy........only to realize that the guy was just pointing to some picture behind you and making comments about it, not your stupid self.
This entire thing would come off as much less embarrassing if you'd just be patient with the guy and do some minor questioning first, not immediately going into conclusions. You'll save yourself someday, trust me.
Now that we've got the example sorted, what more is there to it (patience)? Let's go off to a common misconception in patience. To mere define patience as just being able to wait for something is pretty bland and while it does sum up things, it is oversimplified a crap ton. While having willpower is also patience, there is more to it than what meets the eye.
Being able to deflect insults without hurting another person, not making decisions out of haste, not rushing things, among much others (which I can't name) are among the one quality of patience.
But however, patience must not be blind. For one to have patience, you cannot simply wait for something you don't even know about and claim yourself as some 2nd Gautam Buddha. Yes, yes, patience is the ability to wait, but waiting too much ain't giving you enough stuff either.
"You can't wait for opportunities, you must make them" are some set of words I heard somewhere. Blindly having this one trait isn't enough to make up for the rest of the holes in your personality. Patience paired with determination, perseverance, and bravery are some of the most useful combinations a person could ever have.
So, as of now, you must also be asking to yourself, "What am I trying to prove by this?"
Well, the first problem is, with the improvement of technology and pairing clips of videos with subway surfers below, along with youtube shorts, tiktok, and other social media sites designed for short-term content, your attention span is greatly lowered.
This explains why the elders seem to be much more mature, their days didn't have the brainrot short form content, so they couldn't be impatient even if they tried, where the generation now can't go 4 seconds without scrolling a youtube video.
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