(10) Jacob left Beer-sheba, and set out for Haran. (11) He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night, for the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of that place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. (12) He had a dream; a stairway was set on the ground and its top reached to the sky, and messengers of God were going up and down on it. (13) And standing beside him was יהוה, who said, “I am יהוה, the God of your father Abraham’s [house] and the God of Isaac’s [house]: the ground on which you are lying I will assign to you and to your offspring. (14) Your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All the families of the earth shall bless themselves by you and your descendants. (15) Remember, I am with you: I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” (16) Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely יהוה is present in this place, and I did not know it!”
Be not like those who honor their gods in prosperity and curse them in adversity. In pleasure or pain, give thanks!
"...There isn't a person alive who hasn't been given gifts, if only the gift of life and hope, but we tend to suffer a kind of blindness that keeps us from seeing and appreciating what we have. ...First, ...we tend not to feel appreciative because we are too absorbed in worldly things and in the enjoyment of them. Second, we are so used to our gifts that we don't even really see them any more....And third, we are so focused on the travails and afflictions we suffer in this world that we forget that both our very being and all we won are among the good things that have been gifted to us."
“Gratitude is an emotion that grounds us and is a great way to balance out the negative mindset that uncertainty engenders,”