Ingratitude is a form of injustice. Zo Rachel and Bill Whittle launch the campaign to make America grateful again.
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Unfortunately, selfishness and envy are going to be with us as long as man is on this planet. How we respond to it is what matters. What we’re doing now is simply perpetuating it.
Dennis Prager has spoken and written about gratitude. In his book, Happiness is a Serious Problem, he declares gratitude an essential component of happiness. If you’re incapable of feeling gratitude, you won’t be happy.
He also considers ingratitude a serious character flaw.
A “simple” thank you is something I learned at a young age, but there must be sincerity with that thank you! It is NOT in the “have a nice day” category that you hear from everyone….WE should be grateful everyday for this great country with its unlimited opportunities for all. Many thanks to Bill and Alfonzo with your perspectives on the many “issues” we fail to recognize. My own integrity is being analyzed. Scott and Steve also have added to my “moral fiber” going in the right direction…I think…Thanks to all, and your readers!
keep up the GREAT work!!
Excellent gents. Love the point at the end about being grateful for the wonderful things in our everyday life. Mrs Ron saw this up close when she was teaching “at risk” kids and part of her job was to go on home visits. There were many poor families, some of the recent immigrant ones had immaculate homes, even if small, with kids that were well taken care of and even had many luxury items, such as cell phones, A/c, flat screen TVs, etc. They were hustling to make money and get out of poverty, even the relative luxury of US poverty.
Multi-generational poor were angrier and wanting the gov’t to do more to help them. Most looked like episodes of hoarders. But they still had the gadgets, they just weren’t well maintained. I think because they were given, not earned.
It got me to thinking: The US Poverty line is income below $12,880 for an individual. This is higher than the Median per capita income in France and the UK (US is $15,480 according to Worldpopulationreview dot com) and many multiples higher than many countries. Median Income in the US is over $65k now, so I guess average family size is around 4.
Yet we hear so much screeching about income equality in the US while ignoring what the rest of the world is mired in without the free market systems that we have. Except for the very bottom percentages who are likely dealing with other issues, health and mental health related, the US poor has means well beyond the rest of the world. And are very ungrateful about it.
Amen! Another amazing and on point discussion! Thank you!!!
I try to practice gratitude every day. If nothing else, for the fact that things could be much worse. About 6 weeks ago, my wife nearly died after getting her first (And only per doctors instruction) Moderna shot. Hospital bills are going to be nasty. But she is alive, and doing well. I sometimes ask people if they consider me pessimistic, since I can always find ways things could be worse. If asked if the glass is half full or half empty, I normally say it’s at half of capacity, just to see the reaction. If I see it being partially emptied, I say it’s half empty. Otherwise I tend to call it half full. I also hope for the best and try to prepare for the worst. The worst I can think of has never occurred. the best has, but rarely. What I get is normally somewhere in between. And I guess I am a growth person. If I learn something new, I consider it a good day. Even more so, if I find I was wrong about something. Like Bill says, I am never wrong. I find the truth and try to go there. I am grateful for so much. I realize I have it good and thank God. And for this post, thank you Bill and Zoe. And Zoe…. Preach it brother!
“…Blest with vict’ry and peace may the heav’n rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation!…” We ought to be singing this 4th verse of our Star Spangled Banner. https://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/the-lyrics.aspx
The notes in my ESV Study Bible contain this additional point about those hired at the eleventh hour (i.e., at 5 pm of a 6 am to 6 pm workday) in Jesus’ parable about the laborers in the vineyard Mr. Rachel referred to: “These workers are desperate enough to continue waiting [in the marketplace] for work . . . The laborer [hired at 6 am] failed to be thankful for his own wage because he was blinded by his self-interested lack of compassion for his fellow worker.”
Excellent, excellent topic, guys. Thank you! Gratitude is so important to one’s well-being and happiness, yet so seldom practiced. We say the words Thank You often out of habit, not genuine gratitude. I don’t practice gratitude nearly often enough, but every once in awhile (trying for extreme frequency) I will wake up and realize just how grateful I am for the many unearned riches that have blessed me. Practicing gratitude and generosity are wonderful ways to attain a life well lived. Oh! Any by the way, my gratitude for you guys, Stephen and Scott ranks way up there on my my list.