Wednesday, August 29, 2012

My gratitude list

So here I begin my list of things I am grateful for-

  1. My mother who lives a simple peaceful life with me- we have come full circle from a complex relationship
  2. Nandini who brings laughter and sharing in my life.  a close friend I value hugely
  3. Raju- a wonderful man in my life
  4. My job- gives me security and status- big big gratitude
  5. My boss- such a good man
  6. My work team- fantastic people
  7. My home- protects and shelters me
  8. The Trees- for their soothing green and fresh air
  9. The sky- always vast and blue... freedom and hope
  10. The sun- warms me and brightens the day
  11. My iMac- that connects me to the world
  12. My good neighbours in Bageecha
  13. My beautiful car
  14. My camera
  15. Manoj- who daily cleans up our home
  16. Nithya shanti who brought so much insight into my life
  17. My gorgeous office with all its views
  18. My father for his inherited genes
  19. Vaishali- the wonderful friendship 
  20. Natasha- for all the shared spiritual connections
  21. Vijaya- for her beautiful home at Harmony
  22. Deepti for all her kindnesses
  23. Bipin- for the book
  24. Sunil- for the money help
  25. Roda- for the job
  26. Moorti- for the good food and beer
  27. Sunil- for the friendship and travelling those long distances to meet me
  28. Adarsh- for the intensity
  29. My teeth and gums- for taking all the abuse i gave thru smoking
  30. God- for always helping out and being kind when i did not deserve it
  31. Naresh for cleaning my office so nicely, making a bouquet for me
  32. Trees- how beautifully you surround my office
  33. Phone- for working so effortlessly
  34. Gucci bag- for lasting all these years and still looking good
  35. Akanksha- for being such a ready to serve worker
  36. Postman- for bringing such delights from far and wide- for being the smiling man you are
  37. Ranjan- for being a dependable EO
  38. Aunty - for your lovely food and mominess
  39. Toni- for the childhood companionship and protection
  40. Jeeta- for looking after mom when i was uncaring
  41. Baru- for the simple goodness in you
  42. Mandira- for the wonderful friendship and necklace
  43. Films- for the wonderful times with you
  44. Music- the uplifter like no other
  45. My body- for the infinite patience with which it has taken all the load
  46. Fantastic weather - rain that washed clean everything
  47. The wholesome food at home
  48. The goodness of Manoj working when unwell- god bless her for doing the utensils
  49. The love of Nandini to drive down to meet me with organic food
  50. Deep gratitude for Pankaj Joshi for getting me this job
  51. The nice parking spot I have at office and at work
  52. For the tasty sweet potatoes i am eating now
  53. For the effortless sleep
  54. For waking up from a bad dream and finding life so good
  55. The non auows day
  56. Listening to bangkok stories
  57. Having a health focus
  58. My happy garden space
  59. Priya who cleaned the windows
  60. For all the people with a spiritual bent of mind
  61. Naresh and his lovely bouquets

Thursday, August 23, 2012

starting with Nithya

tungsten carbide bond

Nithya Shanti is my touchstone for happy energy! Here is his wedding ring made with the second hardest metal after diamond with a tender heart twist (it can break to pieces when it falls)

Gratitude: For a moment of total 'now' when he asked - Who would you be without your stories?

BTW, he also showed me the video of the original 365grateful gal!

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22100389?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ff0179" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>Video from <a href="http://www.karmatube.org">KarmaTube</a></p>