Need and gratitude seem to be inextricably linked.
Numerous situations in the lives of friends lately (Sue Ford, Nathan and Julie Baker, Dave Marshall...), remind me that gratitude is among the most natural of responses to real need. I know that my sense of gratitude has often peaked when my perceived need was the greatest. When we are truly in need, we become so grateful, often for things in our lives that we otherwise take for granted. Perhaps this is true because real need provides us opportunity to see how dependent we are (humility) and humility, in its purest form, ushers us to gratitude.
This 'nail' video is a relatively minor illustration of the point, the truth of which is often found in much more significant contexts:
