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A fab book by my man Alexander McCall Smith, but also a truthful statement. feMOMhist is sitting in a meeting now where several “people” have been thanked, but not by name. WTF? feMOMhist toils in relative obscurity and definite penury, but gratitude is FREE. So MAN UP and offer recognition by NAME people.
Ever noticed how once you start pondering something, you find evidence of it every where (zeitgeist anyone?)
I wrote above yesterday during annoying faculty f-fest, but came across this book review just this morning. As I worked it on the elliptical, I mused on the differences between gratitude and thankfulness, which seems apropos given the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
While gratitude and thankfulness at first appear to be synonymous, I realized that gratitude implies a more significant relationship. While I might toss off a “thank you” many times a day (as Dwight Garner notes, this locution is a peculiar Americanism, right up there with “have a nice day”) gratitude is expressed far less often. To be grateful acknowledges a moral debt to something or someone beyond our selves. So this Thanksgiving perhaps consider the things for which you are grateful and express that gratitude to those to whom you are indebted.
