Gratitude requires awareness and effort, not only to feel it but to express it. Frequently we are oblivious to the Lord’s hand. We murmur, complain, resist, criticize; so often we are not grateful. In the Book of Mormon, we learn that those who murmur do not know ‘the dealings of that God who… created them.’ (1 Nephi 2:12.) The Lord counsels us not to murmur because it is then difficult for the Spirit to work with us. – Bonnie D. Parkin, “Gratitude—A Path to Happiness,” Ensign (CR) May 2007