The blessings in my life

I, like most other humans, often focus too much on what I don't have or the things in life that aren't going right. I started pondering why that is and why we rarely focus on all the positives that happen everyday. I am thankful for my two healthy boys, the fact that they are bright kids, well behaved, and they love God. I have a wonderful husband who is always complimenting me, always willing to do nice things for me, very thoughtful, hardworking, a wonderful husband, father and provider. I have siblings that are a big part of my life, they love my kids and are so much fun to be around. I have a wonderful mother. We work together and get along great, she is my best friend. I have 2 jobs and my husband has 1. We are so blessed to have jobs that give us enough money to pay our bills. That is alot more than some ppl have. WE all have our health, how odd that we don't think about our own health until we aren't feeling well or until we find out that something is wrong, then we pray for good health but we don't thank God for it when we have it. There are many things that we pray for when we want them but then we forget to be thankful for those exact things when we DO have them. Why do we seek God in the tough times but forget about him when things are going so well. Then I realized, sometimes we go through tough times because we have forgotten to give God the praise for the things he has done for us. If there weren't tough times we wouldn't recogonize that we need God. Sometimes we get ourselves into tough times because we have ignored God and his blessings. So my new goal is to wake up each morning and began the day by thanking God for all that he has done for us. I wonder how many tough times I will avoid by taking those few minutes to give my God all the praises he deserves.