Waiting

It occurs to me that I really need to want something to get it.  The proof of my wanting something is what I am willing to go through to get it.
It is one of the reasons I question easy credit.  It basically means “have it now” without the pain.  The pain is actually deferred rather than eliminated.  Unfortunately sometimes so much pain is deferred that the pain is even greater in trying to pay for what I may have bought on a whim.
I don’t know how people do it these days, but I was determined to pay off my home as quickly as possible.  I went without in order to have what I really wanted.  I remember like it was yesterday being able to afford a printer which I really wanted.  I had put off getting it as I really wanted to pay off the home.  Yet the day came when I knew I could afford a printer.  I can still see myself walking the street with that printer in hand and the joy I felt in having it.
For some I imagine a printer would be like a “ho hum” thing and for them rightly so.  But something else would really matter and be a joy to have.  I reckon that joy is diminished without a price.  To have it straight away without the cost is an illusion.  The cost is to come.
Yet for me the cost being behind me meant I could use what I had and consider future things.
It seems to me that often determining what I really want or need is a prerequisite to getting it.  Being willing to wait often keeps me from the trap of getting something only to realize I did not really need it in the first place.
For me waiting is often good for me.  It is definitely not the answer for me in all circumstance, but it is in most.