Judith Orloff The Power Of Patience

As well as being one of the most important life skills a person should have, exercising patience is the key to being a good, socially aware digital citizen; patience allows time for thought in place of emotion-driven action and gives a person a chance to make a meaningful contribution to online discussion. Patience is linked to being socially aware, or as Stellenbosch University defines it, “being aware of the problems that different societies and communities face on a day-to-day basis. This patience becomes instrumental when conversing with diverse groups of people online. If a person chooses to voice their opinion in a conversation or debate, they may reply too quickly and insult someone, become irritated, or not add anything of purpose to the conversation. …show more content…
Judith Orloff writes that becoming irritated hinders anything a person is attempting, but notes that “With patience, you’re able to delay gratification, but doing so will make sense and feel right.” Though a person may not satisfy their want to express their frustration in a negative way, they will gather their thoughts and take other’s backgrounds into consideration and exercise social