I'm Thankful For....

This song comes from one of my favorite movies, White Christmas. It's sung by two of the four leading actors, played by Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney.

It's super easy to just go about your day and take stuff for granted. I do it, you do it, we all do it.In a way, I suppose it's hard not to take things for granted. I mean, especially if you live well off and all, it's almost second nature.
I read this article once called A Spoonful of Gratitude. I would have copied some of it onto here but in the end I'd basically end of copying all of it because it's so good. The article is about a young woman who got up one day, was super grumpy and not thankful for anything. However she saw a plague her Mom owned that read, "Blessings brighten when you count them." Well, this young woman was determined to be grumpy but pretty soon a thought popped into her head. "You know," She thought, "It'd be pretty hard to eat your cereal without a spoon. And what about a bowl? And the chair you're sitting in?"
And suddenly this young woman thought of dozens of things she was thankful for.

Look around you right now. Where are you? At home? In the car? On the bus? At a friend's house? No matter where are you right now, take a moment, just one, to think of at least three things you're thankful for. It could be anything from a roof over your head to the socks on your feet. It could be something you can see right now or something you can't.
But think about it, what are you thankful for?
Some people might say "my phone" or "WIFI" and that's okay.
Now, have you thought of your three things? I'll tell you mine. The three things I'm grateful for right this very minute are 1) my family, 2) the amazing power of the internet and being able to communicate through it, and 3) sleep (because we just lost an hour of sleep, if you do the daylight savings time thing).
So, think about your three things and ask yourself one question about those three (or more) things. "Why am I thankful for these things?" Think about it. Why do your three things mean so much to you?
I'll tell you why my three things mean so much to me. 1) My family is pretty awesome. We laugh a lot and have fun and we also learn a lot from each other. And we love each other. (You can't forget that part.) 2) Without the internet there's a lot of things I wouldn't be able to do (including writing this blog post and posting it one the internet). I take an online class for school, which wouldn't work without the internet. I enjoy indexing which also cannot be done without the internet. 3) Sleeping is pretty great. It's a time to just...sleep. You know, relax, rest. That basically sums it up.

So we should all be a little more grateful and pay closer attention to those things that we take for granted. It's so easy not to but it's so amazing when we do. I mean, look around again and maybe you see that pencil you grabbed the other day when you had to write something down really quick. Hey look, it's that box of tissues you needed the other day.
Just look around; I promise that if you look, you will find.

And he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious; and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred fold, yea, more.
~ Doctrine and Covenants 78:19

-------------------------------------------------------------
The video of the Count Your Blessings song was found on Youtube.
If you want to read the article, A Spoonful of Gratitude, here's the link: https://www.lds.org/new-era/2015/10/a-spoonful-of-gratitude?lang=eng. I would encourage you to read it, it's really, really good.