Thankfulness can be powerful. Most of us have a lot to be thankful for, but often it seems those who have the most to be thankful for are the least prone to gratitude. When you pray each month to make ends meet, you’re much more thankful when they do.

But what is gratitude, really? Two questions seem fundamental: (1) To whom ought we to be thankful? And (2) for whatought we to be thankful?