Patience has all the time it needs.
Observing your thoughts, feelings & sensations is the grist of the practice.
Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.
So what is a good meditator? The one who meditates.
True patience is grounded in wisdom and compassion.
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.