Most people feel grateful only when something special things happen.
People tend to want extrinsic stimuli to obtain a better life.
It is not bad but immature in a sense.
Because you don't know that your regular life is already based on many special miracles and the luck are not an ordinary.
Please do not take it for granted but it is really difficult for current human.
To understand the meaning,you will need a "high" level imagination.
For example,your neat life's foundation depends on your country's situation.
Strong and independent country can supply security for public.
(Security=Police,Force,Law and so on)
Thanks to security,your regular life is going on.
However,people can't understand about the value before bad accidents.
I mean people always don't recognize life's major premise.
People who take important thing for granted tend to lose it very quickly.
This is a bad habit of human.
Your security is based on your country's natural environment.
Especially,the land is important for agriculture and farming.
So,your most important major premise is the land (the Earth) and the Sun in the Universe.
(Polaris as the Center of the Universe,The Sun and the Earth = Father,Mother and Child)
We may live without security for a while but can't live without foods and the land.(the Earth)
Everything is made by someone's will.
You too.
You were created by your parent.
There was a will.
Who gave the Earth for human? Who was the creator of the Earth?
Of course your old ancestors knew it.
Because human being's oldest and first worship was nature worship.
When human forgot about the most important major premise of life and its value,
true nature worship was almost ruined.
Except Japan's Shinto.
Japanese nature worship,Shinto, is based on nature worship and ancestor worship.(Not be divided)
You never understand about God if you can't believe your ancestor's sacred value.
Your body is made from all your ancestor's efforts and information.(DNA)
In severe society,your ancestors never gave up taking care of own children.
They just gave everything to children to be adult.
Just giving something without rewards means God itself.
So,your parent is your nearest upper-level gods.
Love your parents even if you have a trouble with them.
Because they gave everything to you "first".(Foods,House,Education and Love)
The fact never changes.
Japanese ancestor worship is based on above reasons.
1,You-Parents-Ancestors
2,Nature/The Earth as a foundation for human
3,The Sun
4,The Polaris/The center of the Universe
All human have a part of God.
It is called inner god and it is in your right side chest.
It works as a battery for human.
It stay in your body during your current life-time.
(It leaves from your body when you die)
And it is your potential kindest mind or conscience.
Your sacred battery was given by nature gods when you were in mother's body.
And your own spirit is in your left side chest.
Your spirit includes all your past lives,memories and your Ego.
Your inner god is always watching your Ego.
As long as you keep your Ego,you will be born again and again.
Re-birth system is a perfect rule of the God.
But you need to realize that re-born is very hard and inefficiency for your future.
Final goal for human's spirit is melting into God completely.(Becoming the same one)
Please look at the below image.
Human is already in God now.
People are good or bad bacteria of the God.
Good people can help the God.
Bad people become cancer.
But important thing is
bad bacteria or people are able to change to good.
Only during your current life time.
Because your battery will leave from your body when you die.