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The most rampant phenomenon in this fast paced world we live in today, is the absolute lack of patience in most people. It is in everything, some of us are too impatient for traffic so we drive way too fast, we are too impatient to eat healthy so we prefer instant noodles, we are heading to the future so damn fast, we don't care what composites our present. I am a typical example of this madness but lately, I have been learning about patience. It is a wonderful feeling to not be in a hurry, the problem is that we have somehow managed to convince ourselves that the only way to be successful or happy is by doing it first! It is a scam. Life teaches us, along with time that a true sense of fulfilment does not depend on the when but the what and the how well. As a victim of the Nigerian tertiary education system, I know firsthand what it feels like to not be in control of one's own progress at a certain time in life. I spent the greater part of the last two years at home because of a senseless strike, in that time all I did was wish to be done, I was just desperate to move on from that stage. Impatience not anger or sadness was my biggest obstacle. I failed to learn then what I have now realized; that patience truly is a virtue and it is one that can go a long way in saving a man from himself in times of uncertainty and anxiety. I have decided to keep this piece short and to the point because I don't have the patience to write a bulky article no one would have the patience to read. 
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