Being truly thankful

Thankfulness to God can become stagnant if you don't apply the Bible to your life.  If you don't start to change your problem areas with His resources you will be stuck for years or decades in the same rut.  Transform your thankfulness into action by taking an issue and digging into the Word, then move on to the next area.  Look at the Concordance in the back of the bible or biblegateway.com and type in what you are having problems with (anger, jealously, gossip, pride, etc.)  They don't have to be completely fixed just not consumed with your time and mind so you can move on to better things.  What we focus on determines our words, our actions and our path.