FollowPatience or Impatience? Just what causes this trait to suddenly appear out of nowhere? I know that a child learns how to be patient when they are younger, due to the fact that they are taught it by their parents. But what actually causes a person to go through a stage where suddenly their patience has flown two sheets to the wind. Is it because of the way the world has advanced so much in the technology zone?
Reflecting back on the earlier years, let’s say the 60’s for example and the arrival of the television. Back then, it was a square looking box, with a big screen, by the standards of those days, anyway. It only showed programs that were in black or white, and one television was usually the norm of most households. The television often sat in the living room and was not operated by remote. I remember it so well!
After dinner, we used to watch a little tv and then it was bedtime. Which, I might add was ten o’clock. Every Wed night, however, I got to stay up a little later than usual to watch the hockey game on tv. Parents back then, liked to tune into the radio more often than the television. I remember my Mom sitting watching the telly, while Dad listened to either the baseball or hockey game on the radio. Sometimes they listened to the music stations as well, but back then, the music was a lot different than it is today.
And in the years that followed, advancements in technology boomed. Black and white tv’s suddenly began to show colors, the radios or stereos became smaller and the sounds that they turned out changed too! Then, came the arrival of the video game, the computer and the internet, the iPod, the digital camera, the iPhone, the iPad as well as other advancements. Through the years, bedtime hours also changed as well. And also patience. No more ten o’clock bedtimes, unless you are not feeling well.
And patience is often a thing of the past. The advancement in technology can sometime get the best of us, especially if you use the internet on a steady basis and you are constantly getting disconnected.
And if you happen to have kids, well, we all know how impatient they can get if they are into hard core gaming or even internet surfing and suddenly the internet connection is down. If they are in a gaming tournament and heaven forbid, their internet connectivity is suddenly lost, patience is also lost too! Hurry quick, check the router! Or hey, who reset the modem! And once that is fixed .. most do not see their bed until the crack of dawn…
