In The Spirit of Thanksgiving

I was going through the Mormon Messages channel on youtube when I came across the video "In The Spirit Of Thanksgiving."
Love the Church.

So I'm a little behind, since Thanksgiving was last week. And of course this video has been online for two months. I am a little behind on Mormon Messages... But gratitude isn't something specific to November, as the life of the Savior, pointedly his birth, isn't specific to December. I love that responses to the question, "What are you thankful for?" were recorded as people gave them; they are completely unscripted, so we get to see exactly what things, seemingly significant or insignificant, stick out to people as most important in their lives. Donuts. Family. Intelligent conversation. Weather. Opportunities. Macaroni and cheese. Jobs. Health. Beds. I don't think about my life like that. I'm thankful someone does! Instead, I allow my list of things for which I do not (willingly, often) express gratitude to get much bigger and more pressing. In the talk that the clip incorporated, Elder Oaks reminds us of our ample reason to express gratitude, and in his list of things to be grateful for, he makes no mention of anything tangible, not even anything as specific as our families. He lists four things that incorporate anything of eternal significance and nothing more: Our Savior, Jesus Christ; revealed truths; commandments; and afflictions.

When we understand this principle, that God offers us opportunities for blessings and blesses us through our own adversities and the adversities of others, we can understand why He has commanded us again and again to “thank the Lord thy God in all things” (D&C 59:7).
Dallin H. Oaks, “Give Thanks in All Things,” Ensign, May 2003, 95

We have been so incredibly blessed! I'm thankful for the reminder that I need to be grateful for all things. Even adversity.