Practicing Patience

It is no secret that patience in our culture is something rare to encounter, yet we all are aware of our need for it in life. Even in the small and insignificant things in life we struggle to exercise patience. One research firm collected data from about 2000 people from various demographics and found that across the board, patience is a lost ideal that is longed for in life. They found the people become frustrated after having to wait for a web-page to load after 16 seconds; verbally frustrated if they have to spend more than 22 seconds at a red light; they are visibly irritated if they have to wait in a grocery store line for more than 2 minutes; they get frustrated if, at a sit down restaurant, they have to wait more the 14 minutes for their food to arrive. About 50% of the people said that they lose their temper either privately or publicly regularly. Yet, 95% of people want more patience and see the value of patience in life. This means we crave it, yet don’t know how to aquire it.