In this episode of the "Words That Make Us" podcast, Rama and Tony discuss the topic of “Patience”. Listen to them as they discern one type of patience from another. Can one be stoically patient in one context and impatient in another? Is patience always a virtue? What can we do when we feel impatient? What have poets from different cultural backgrounds got to say about patience? Dictionary Definition https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/patience The Patience of Job https://www.gotquestions.org/patience-of-Job.html   Types of patience: https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/dam/az/PDF/2020/covid-19-toolkit/Patience.pdf Stoicism as a way to learn patience https://www.stoicsimple.com/stoicism-as-a-way-to-learn-patience-acceptance-be-calm/   Laughter and Tears IX - Kahlil Gibran https://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/laughter_and_tears_ix_21303   On his Blindness by John Milton https://www.owleyes.org/text/on-his-blindness/read/text-poem   The marshmallow experiment debunked https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/new-study-disavows-marshmallow-tests-predictive-powers/   Most patient animals in the world https://learningmole.com/most-patient-animals-in-the-world/   Top 10 most patient countries https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/top-10-most-patient-countries https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cross-country-variation-in-patience?tab=table https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2019/0729/Why-wealth-and-patience-appear-to-go-hand-in-hand   Exposure to disaster causes impatience https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-03-today-exposure-disaster-impatience-children.html   If you have any ideas, suggestions or feedback, please send us an email at:  wordsthatmakeus@gmail.com