1 . “Patience” is a word that you have probably heard a lot! But you may wonder, “What on earth is patience, and why does everyone keep telling me to have it?”

※Patience is waiting for something or someone. It is accepting delay without getting angry or upset!

※ It is waiting for someone else to speak when you have something to say!

※ It is waiting to eat before everyone is at table!

※It is waiting for your birthday even though you may want a present now!

※ Patience is trying something again when you want to give up.

Patience doesn’t sound like much fun. And to be truthful，sometimes, it’s not. And with so much technology in the world，we don’t always have to be patient. For example, we are able to stream our favorite TV shows on our cell phones, go to restaurants where food is served hot and fast, among many other things.

So, why wait when we can have everything right now? Because just about any successful person has patience. Many good and important things take patience. For example, most great inventors and explorers have a lot of patience!

※When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, it took him over 1,000 tries!

※It took the Wright Brothers years to invent the airplane!

※It took 8 years to send a man to the moon!

※ It takes between 150 and 300 days to travel from Earth to Mars!

If great inventors did not have patience and self-control, you would likely not be reading this right now. In fact, you might be living in a cave or tent somewhere. You would have no electricity, no car, no school and almost certainly no Internet!