Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity.
Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.
We need never be bound by the limitations of our previous or current thinking, nor are we ever locked into being the person we used to be, or think we are.
While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along.
So what is a good meditator? The one who meditates.
That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.