Grateful for what you already have

“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.  If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you will be happy with more?”   Roy T. Bennett

I like that last part – “If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you will be happy with more?”  Still, there is a tendency to live life that way.  “I’ll be happy when…” gets replaced with another “when” upon achievement of the first “when,” then “when” #2 is achieved and replaced by “when” #3, and on, and on, and on.  In a multitasking world, surely it is possible to “be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.”  The “grateful” need not be extinguished by the “pursuit,” and in fact the gratefulness might in fact just make the pursuit a bit more enjoyable.