Making a list of all the things we should be thankful for could prove valuable for the times in our lives when the going is tough, when we have troubles, problems and heartaches. Pulling that list out and reviewing those blessings might help us keep the times when we have troubles in perspective. It can be easy to become ungrateful and unthankful and that endangers our spirituality. Sometimes it seems that the more we are blessed, the more we become ungrateful. The more we get, the less thankful we become. The less mindful of God we become, the more we want. Wanting more and then getting more makes us forget to be thankful for what we do have and begin to believe that all things come from us, rather than from God. 

Eight times in the book of Deuteronomy the Israelites are warned not to forget the Lord, yet that is exactly what happened and they made the golden calf and began to serve other Gods.