Patience is a part of God's nature and character that is imparted into your nature and character by the Holy Spirit. There is a natural human patience just like there is a natural human love and a natural human joy, but the patience spoken of here in the Scripture is not human, but divine! It is a spiritual quality. As such it is not at all negative but is very positive. It is not sitting around waiting in boredom for God to do something. That's human patience, not God's.
 
This patience is internal and you know when you have it and you know when you don't! This internal attribute, when it has control over you, keeps you in the Presence of God. Impatience drives you from God's Presence because it is not harmonious with God's Presence. God's patience brings calmness and peace, and keeps us from making mistakes and having accidents. It enjoys God's Presence while waiting for a promise to be fulfilled. This patience is the opposite of a "hurry" spirit. If you are always in a rush or operating in a "hurry" spirit, I am happy to announce that there is something better for you, and that is God's patience imparted into your human nature by the Holy Spirit. When you have it you will be astounded at yourself and at how good you feel.
 
Everything God has to give us tastes delicious! Even His patience!