I'm wondering if thankfulness is a springboard to all other virtues. We have received the greatest benefits from God, and from our parents. Now the honor which we pay to God , our heritage and parents, is from being a thankful person. So I ask, is thankfulness or gratitude a beginning to other virtues? Our culture does not give the words virtue and honor much concideration. Try for a moment, contemplating their meaning. If there were a basic motivational drive to be virtuous or honoring, I'd ask how thankful am I.
When I am thankful, I find it hard to be, Angry, negative, depressed, condemning, anxious, unreasonable, evil, mean, Apathetic, Arrogant, Callous, Mistrusting, Combative, Pessimistic, Petty, Conceited, Controlling, Rebellious, Covetous, Cruel, Resentful, Deceiving, Dishonest, Selfish, Small minded, Envious, Fearful, Grumpy, Unsympathetic, Untrusting , to name a few.
Be Thankful today and give Thanks.
I'm thankful that we have a good God, one that cares for us little beings here. I thankful he cares for justice and will punish the wicked we see today and since the beginning of time.
We could of had an evil God like allah, or a indifferent god like nature but the One who reigns supreme cares for his people and hates the wicked.
He also made a simple step for recieving forgiveness for what we've done wrong by sending his Son to be the ultimate sacrifice.
When it all looks bad I sing to myself ' it is well with my soul'