I admit I used to hang out for the James Clear email and would often write about something in it as soon as I got it. 
Lately I have been getting to it.  This morning was like that and I am glad.  I was thinking of the things I have to be thankful for.  Really, I was pleased I did not live in a place where bombs reigned down and life was very much lived on the edge - knowing that at any moment a seemingly random fall from the sky could snuff me out in an instance.
It had me thinking “be thankful for the situation while it is like it.”  Sure there are things which naturally concern like the availability and price of petrol.  The cost of living is a concern yet compared with being dead or alive it seems to be down the scale a bit.
In this land we are fortunate that the affordability of food is there.  We are unfortunate in that those having trouble making ends meet are growing.  I see it at our pantry.  I am amazed at the quality of cars many drive when coming to get low-cost food.  It seems places once not considered are now considered.  But to me I can be thankful such places exist in our land.
Really it seems to me I do not have to think too hard what to be thankful for.  A roof over my head is a good thing.  So is having a wife to share my journey and accepts that I am imperfect as is everyone but at least most of us give it a go to live decently and caring about others enough to assist when needed.
I am thankful for the weather.  For sure bad things happen but on the whole this is a good place to live.
I had an old doctor years ago that said, “if you were a bug why wouldn’t you live here?”  I think I knew what he was saying.  This is a good place to be.  Flawed for sure, with a lifetime of improvements to make, but to me it sure has a lot going for it and I am thankful.
So what was it in the James Clear email I liked?  I will copy and paste it:
"Unexpected forms of generosity:

• Being early can be a form of generosity. You wait, so they don't have to.
• Leaving something unsaid can be a form of generosity. You don't always need the last word.
• Delivering your work on time can be a form of generosity. You make life easier for everyone downstream.
• Not taking things personally can be a form of generosity. You give people the space to say things imperfectly."

To me there is a heap to be thankful for and many ways I can help a situation.

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.