Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.
Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts.
To forgive does not mean to forget.
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.
To advance spiritually requires a method of practice & determination to carry it out.
We all have issues and we have usually come by them honestly.