Happy Thanksgiving?
Since it’s that time of year, I want to spend sometime talking about the things I’m grateful for.
You might notice I didn’t say thankful. That’s because the two are different.
Thanks, for instance, requires two people. The person who is thanked, and the person giving thanks. Gratitude, on the other hand, can involve one OR two people.
That is, you can be grateful for accidents of birth. But thankful? I don’t think so.
Say my uncle dies childless, and wills me, his only surviving family member, ten million dollars. If this had happened (it didn’t and won’t; I have no rich uncle, and I have lots of cousins), I’d be grateful. But who do I thank? My uncle for dying? My parents for not having other children?
Are You Thankful or Grateful?
When I think about my life in theater, especially hip hop theater, I’m as grateful as can be. But thankful? Not so much.
If you want to be thankful for something, be thankful to me for making this blog a shorter, quicker read than usual. 🙂
From all of us at Rhymes Over Beats – Happy Grateful Day.
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