Thanks comes in types.

First. The courtesy thanks. I give thanks out of courtesy or habits or cultural norm.

Second. Feel-good thanks. Somebody gave me a wonderful gift. Or I passed the exam. Or God cured my cancer.

Third. Valley-of-death thanks. Things are bad, but my best friend is by my side. My business failed, but God is still with me. This type of thanks is the hardest, but, a sincere one, comes from the heart's deepest of depth.

Regardless, in everything give thanks to God.