Is patience still a skill we need in the modern world?

Patience.

We all admire it, we strive for more of it, we try to teach our children to be it. But in a world which is always in a hurry, how easy is it to be patient and why is it important to keep trying?

Patience is a word I heard a lot as a child. I wanted to do something, eat something, be somewhere and it was so exciting I wanted it…