Thanksgiving certainly helps us have a right attitude toward others. Another way thanksgiving sets right our attitude toward others is to help us remember that God is in control and works even the evil of others to our good. Once Matthew Henry, the famous scholar and commentary writer, was confronted by thieves and robbed. It is easy to be discouraged and defeated as negative things occur in our lives. Frustrations, pressures and stress can sour one's attitude and outlook.
Thankfulness changes all that.
When we express thanks to God and to those who have contributed to our lives, we have to examine positive things. That practice itself lifts our attitude and makes us positive. It helps us look away from the negative and refocus on the positive, upon God and His work in our lives. Thus, thanksgiving produces a right attitude toward life. Years ago, a wagon train of emigrants made its way along the Oregon Trail.