How have ye forgotten?

In the Book of Mormon, two brothers, Laman and Lemuel complain about everything, are disobedient and even give their younger brother Nephi a beating. This, after they have successfully retrieved the geneological records of their family from big bad Laban, who surely would have killed them if he could have. The Lord blessed them significantly. I like the scripture in 1Nephi, Chapter 7, verse 11..."How is it ye have forgotten what great things the Lord hath done for us...?" 

How often do we get blessed by the Lord in our lives and we fail to recognize his hand in those blessings? How often do we receive a blessing and then turn around the next minute and do something less than righteous. When we are obedient to the Lord and when we are grateful for the things that he has given us or the opportunities that are presented to us, that is when we show our true appreciation. It is one thing to say a prayer of thanks, it is a completely different way of showing gratitude when you do so with your actions. Many people call this "paying it forward", I call it gratitude.