(November 28, 2013 at 10:02 pm)Ivy Wrote:(November 28, 2013 at 9:56 pm)Rayaan Wrote: I was wondering that too. Doesn't the thanks have to be directed towards someone?
Maybe the thankfulness is just kind of synonymous to being 'happy' for something, or maybe 'proud' of something (minus God).
Yeah, I find it funny to say, "I'm thankful for..." when you are atheist. In any case, instead of thankful for a wife, for example, I would understand thankful to the wife for being the wife. Perhaps? Just a thought.
I'm thankful for my Gwynnies for being my Gwynnies. The clarification is trivial.
But I do agree that when the object is not a person, further clarification is needed. And it would seem often that such would reveal a thankfulness for self.
