Among the beautiful messages in the 1937 film Captains Courageous is one relating to thankfulness. When spoiled rich kid Harvey says to Portuguese fisherman Manuel about Manuel's father, [H]e didn't do much for you; I mean, he didn't leave you anything," it evoked quite a reaction. Manuel passionately replied in his broken English: "He leave me this hurdy-gurdy [a musical instrument] that his grandfather leave him. He teach me how to fish, how to sail a boat. He gave me arms and hands and feet, feeling good outside... and he teach me how to feel good inside. My father do all this; he have 17 other kids, beside. What else a father do, huh? This dialogue presents two very different perspectives. One always wants more; the other knows we have already gotten more. And don't we see both -- perhaps one all too frequently -- represented in our modern society today? One is apparent in the violent protests around the world, in which people cause mayhem because, by their lights, they haven't...(Read Full Post)