Lesson 1: You keep getting the same lessons over and over...

Something I truly believe is that God will continue to present the same lesson, over and over and over, until you really learn it. One lesson that I keep getting is gratitude. I'm no good at it, and I'm certain it's one that is vital to my happiness.
A lot of people seem to use their blogs as places to rant and complain. I don't want to do that here. I want to use this forum as a place for me to practice at being grateful. This will be where I record my process of becoming a woman with a grateful heart. It likely will not be interesting to anyone but me, and I am okay with that. Hopefully I will get really good at gratitude and be able to teach my children how to be grateful by example. If not, perhaps this can be a tool for them later to learn it themselves.
Since I'm not really all that sure how to become grateful, I've decided to start with lists of things I am grateful for and build from there. So here goes...