Why do we forget to Acknowledge our Blessings ???

This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen and is so true:

I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked
side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide
stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving
Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.'

I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels
sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from
people all over the world.

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.

The angel then said to me, 'This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here
the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to
the living persons who asked for them. 'I noticed again how busy it was
there. There were many angels working hard at that stati o n, since so many
blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a
very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there,
idly doing nothing. 'This is the Acknowledgment Section,' my angel friend
quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed 'How is it that there is no
work going on here?' I asked.

'So sad,' the angel sighed. 'After people receive the blessings that they
asked for, very few send back acknowledgments .'

'How does one acknowledge God's blessings?' I ask ed .

'Simple,' the angel answered. Just say, 'Thank you, Lord.'

'What blessings should they acknowledge?' I asked.

'If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead
and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have
money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among
the top 8% of the world's wealthy .'

'And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the
world who has that opportunity.'

'If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... you are more
blessed than the many who will not even survive this day .'

'If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of
imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are
ahead of 700 million people in the world.'

'If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture
or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in
the world .'

'If your parents are still alive and still married ...you are very rare .'

'If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique
to all those in doubt and despair.'

Ok, what now? How can I start?

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that
someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than
over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and i f you want, pass this along to
remind everyone else how blessed we all are.

ATTN: Acknowledge Dept.:

'Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me
so many wonderful people to share it with.'

This is the lent season... this is the time to truly sit back and think of all the wonderful blessings the Lord has done for you.. think of all the small small blessings u have enjoyed... think of the happiness and joy u have felt all these years... think of the accidents u have just escaped... think of teh food and friends u enjoy.... think of the wonderful parents u have... think of the exams u have passed ;) !!! Think of all possible blessings... Then take ur time off whatever you are doing and truly 'Thank God' for everything....

May God Bless You !!!