Gratitude

This is something I think everyone could enjoy more. It's not hard to do. Gratitude is a choice that we all need to make in order to be truly happy in mine opinion. The book of Mosiah gives a great insight to this in Mosiah chapter 2 verses 20. It says:

"I say unto you, my brethren, that if you should render all the thanks and praise which your whole soul has power to possess, to that God who has created you, and has kept and preserved you, and has caused that ye should rejoice, and has granted that ye should live in peace one with another"

Isn't that a powerful statement? "You should render all the thanks and praise which your whole souls has power to possess". Brothers and Sisters, that's everything we have. You can't hold back gratitude and expect to be at the level of peace that King Benjamin is describing here. 

Elder David A. Bednar had a wonderful experience that reflects this well. On a trip to one of the greatest places on Earth, the Philippines, he met a small girl who left a deep impression on the apostle. The conversation Elder Bednar had with this girl, he describes as a five-word phrase that should be shared across the world. It was "we are so much grateful". If we can think like that, focus on what has been given to us out of the grace of God, out of the kindness of others, out of sheer generosity, we will be happier. We can all do this better, I know for sure I can. Nobody likes a negative person and a great way to kick that bad habit out of town is to use all the power you can muster and be thankful.