In our modern world of technology where everyone's connected to the web and advertisements on TV seem to harp on Halloween and Christmas, I've begun to notice over the last several years how the national holiday we are about to observe - Thanksgiving - gets little to no attention when it comes to commercials. Instead, the prevailing focus is the opposite; ingratitude. The left - the ungrateful types - harp on the poor not having enough, or the rich having too much, and it seems as though whatever the poor get, or the rich give, it will never be satisfactory to them.
I have my idea as to why this is so, but there's a more interesting point that seems to get lost when considering this fact. And that's what results from gratitude versus ingratitude; happiness and unhappiness. Not being a student of psychology, I tend to wonder... do psychologists understand this?
When one thinks more carefully about the real reason behind Thanksgiving, it's obvious that gratitude is the whole purpose and focus. Only recently, I posted Michael Medved's remarks in a video (The Truth About Thanksgiving) I shared here about the true origins of the Thanksgiving holiday and why the settlers to Plymouth observed this gathering with their aboriginal acquaintances, the Native Americans.
Gratitude, as Dennis Prager explains in this video, produces a more happy attitude in people and does not have to involve any morality. Not having to involve morality may be a convenient thing these days, it's likely the most effective way to get those we want to change the attitudes of, without coming across as though we're trying to convert them. I urge you to watch this video for details to understand what's meant here and hope that by sharing it with you now your Thanksgiving experience this year produces greater happiness in the months to come.
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