Calm, relaxed, restless, anxious, confident, unsure, envious, grateful are the different aspects of a human personality and is dependent on one’s perceptions & reactions. Impatience is expecting instant gratification because of lack of self-control leading to impulsive reaction and adds to stress, aggression & pain.  Impatience also affects our power to tolerate, adjust or accept thus generates restless. The turbulence in the mind depletes our compassion, kindness & respect and results in development of fragile relationships.

Patience with self, people & situations makes us confident & like-able and brings peace, compassion & acceptance. Cultivating and nurturing patience requires taming our irritation, anger, anxiety, fear, doubt or judgment, comparison & competition.  The thoughts, feelings, motivations, attitudes & preferences are the outcome of our inner state. Self awareness gained via observing own ever-changing thoughts & emotions helps us get better understanding of the tendency of being engrossed in self-talk resulting in unhappiness.