Sometimes we do not give thanks because we feel that it is too small or insignificant of a matter to give thanks for. Here, we mention one of the sayings of the spiritual fathers, “He is a liar who claims that he gives thanks for much, when he does not give thanks for the little.” Perhaps, we view it as something natural or ordinary and therefore do not feel the need to be thankful for it.

—H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Characteristics of the Spiritual Path