Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.
Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.
While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along.
Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.
One who is patient glows with an inner radiance.
The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.