... young girl said, "Oh, I'm just thankful that I am thankful." (2) That seems like a particularly healthy emotion to me. We ought to be thankful that we are thankful. FOR ONE THING, WHEN WE ARE THANKFUL WE ARE AWARE OF OUR DEBTS. Years ago the English poet, Laurence Binyon, wrote about the dead of World War I. "They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them." A country that forgets ...
