Rotary Roundup: Thankful vs. Grateful, What’s the Difference?

By Candy Wade

It’s November and time to pull out my books on the Pilgrims. I tutor children from other countries and love teaching them about our American holidays. Recently I discovered I had two relatives on the Mayflower. Maybe that’s why I love this holiday.

Thankful is a word I’ll use as we discuss the people who first settled America and the help they received from the Native Americans. Is the word thankful different from the word thanks?

I read an article about Matthew McConaughey’s habit of saying ‘thank you’ as many times a day as he can. He said it makes him feel good. Not only that but it makes the person he thanked feel good. It’s a double whammy! How many times of day do you say, “thank you”? I guess I’m thankful for reading that article because now I follow in Matthew’s fo