Maybe we all need a glimpse of life without someone we love once in a while, just to teach us not to take them for granted.

Starting immediately, thank God for every gift He gives, from those as small as a whiff of honeysuckle or jasmine in your backyard, to the realization that you just had a few moments without back pain, to really big things like the fact that [people you love] are in the next room safe and sound. "I'm

Gratitude means you stop focusing on what you don't have and start focusing on what you do have.

turn your complaints into praise and watch what God can do!

As Joyce Meyer candidly puts it, "Complain and Remain.

Get into a habit of literally saying out loud or quietly under your breath, "Thank You, Jesus," and say it for everything.

Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater.

When, therefore, spiritual comfort is given by God, receive it with giving of thanks, and know that it is the gift of God, not thy desert. Be not lifted up, rejoice not overmuch nor foolishly presume, but rather be more humble for the gift, more wary and more careful in all thy doings; for that hour will pass away, and temptation will follow.

God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.

To say yes to life is not only meaningful under all circumstances--because life itself is--but it is also possible under all circumstances.

There is always something for which to be thankful.

Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.