Gift of gratitude

Tonight's thought intrigues me. I've never thought of it in quite the light President Monson presents it. I was going to name this entry, "Attitude of gratitude," but it seemed like I had used it before. So, I started looking for it & found it here, clear back in November.

"A grateful heart, then, comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us for all that they bring into our lives. This requires conscious effort-at least until we have truly learned and cultivated an attitude of gratitude. Often we feel grateful and intend to express our thanks but forget to do so or just don't get around to it. Someone has said that "feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."

--Thomas S. Monson, "The Divine Gift of Gratitude", Ensign, Nov 2010, 87–90

How many, many times have I done just this?