Thanksgiving is here, and I’ve been thinking deeply about what it means to be thankful. What does it mean to have gratitude, and for what should we be grateful? Sometimes, holidays like Thanksgiving can be stressful. For instance, some of us might have to host and cook for our families. Others might have no one to spend Thanksgiving with. Still others may want to avoid divisive political conversations, which some family members instigate at gatherings. Thanksgiving, however, can be different. The holiday can remind us that there is always something for which we can be thankful.  ‘The Thankful Poor’ Henry Ossawa Tanner, one of the first world-renowned African American artists of the 19th century, painted “The Thankful Poor.” The painting suggests a way of living in the world with gratitude. Two figures, an older man and a young boy, sit at a kitchen table and prepare to eat. Despite the …