Thankful

I've probably mentioned this before, but I really like to use Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language.  It's definitions are rich and often scripture is used to illustrate the words.

Thanksgiving

THANKSGIV'ING, participle present tense Rendering thanks for good received.

THANKSGIV'ING, noun The act of rendering thanks or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.

Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if received with thanksgiving 1 Timothy 4:3.

1. A public celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties. The practice of appointing an annual thanksgiving originated in New England.

THANK'-WORTHY, adjective [thank and worthy.] Deserving thanks; meritorious. 1 Peter 2:1.

We have much to be thankful for and always hope that we truly are.  It is so easy to see what we don't have and hard to really appreciate what we do have.
I am especially thankful for God's mercy, forgiveness, and patience with me.
We also need to remember that we are all pilgrims.

Pilgrim

PIL'GRIM, noun [Latin peregrinus. Gu. Latin peragro, to wander, palor.]

1. A wanderer; a traveler; particularly, one that travels to a distance from his own country to visit a holy place, or to pay his devotion to the remains of dead saints. [See Pilgrimage.]

2. In Scripture, one that has only a temporary residence on earth. Hebrews 11:13.

PIL'GRIM, verb intransitive To wander or ramble. [Not used.]

And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will.
Leviticus 22:29