How Virtuous Is Patience

Not every human being has the ability or willingness within themselves to wait for something to come or happen. People say patience is a virtue, but have you ever asked yourself what it means and why it is a virtue? On the other hand why can’t we say being impatient is a virtue?

Patience is the ability to accept or tolerate delays, problems and/or sufferings without becoming annoyed or anxious. In addition, virtue is a quality considered morally good or desirable in a person. In simple terms, the phrase ‘’Patience is a virtue ‘’ means the ability to tolerate problems or sufferings is desirable in oneself. But some people would consider that statement absurd in their times of trouble or difficulty.

Patience is a virtue but at times it is not that virtuous depending on what you wait for, right? It is best to know what you wait for and how desirable it could be when you obtain it, if that is what you really wanted to wait for. “Good things come to those who wait but greater things appear to those who move and make it happen’’ stated one High school student. He further on went to say ‘’we might be patient to receive something but at the end we notice that it is not really what we ought to have and had ridiculously wasted our time, so why wait for some things in life?’’

Acquiring some things in a hurriedly manner might not be considered morally good because you may not be ready for them or it is basically not the perfect thing for you. Some people say you must grab the things you want in life or you may never get them, opportunity comes once in a life-time. It is true, opportunity comes once in a life-time but at times it’s simply not the right one for you.

Being patient now depends exactly on what you are waiting for. Some people want to hurry and do some things because their peers are doing them not knowing how their peers planned and managed to do it. It would be better for you to wait and get it at the best time when you can manage it where-as-well it could possibly be desirable. This is when you would say patience is a virtue.

Being impatient is not really a wise thing to do therefore is not considered morally good or desirable in a person. Being patient teaches you to be calm and control yourself in some predicaments; moreover it teaches you to appreciate the things that you have in life at that moment noticing that someone is actually eager to have them. Waiting for something thoroughly gives you the time to think immensely about it and have a good outcome when the right time comes.

Sometimes you will realize that what you get later on after waiting is better than the one you eagerly wanted to get. One university student named Christine Tanhira once said ‘do not go for the worst just because you are too impatient to wait for the best, take your time in whatever you do.’’ It might seem as if our timing is better but God’s timing is always the best. At times just being patient is the best medicine.