The WORD gives great examples of “thankful”
COLOSSIANS 4:2 “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.”
2 CORINTHIANS 9:11 “You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.”
1 TIMOTHY 4:4-5 “For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.”
PSALM 106:1 “Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD for he is good; his love endures forever.”
HEBREW 12:28-29 “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our ‘God is a consuming fire.”
PSALM 107:21 “Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.”
PSALM 69:30 “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.”