A Month of Gratitude – Project May ’11

Gratitude was my project for the month of May. From May 3 to June 5, I listed out 5 things I was grateful for each day.

Here is the full list:

• For this Idea. Thanks Krishi, for inspiring me
• Early morning Runs
• Tea
• This quote: “I went out to find a friend and not a friend was there. I went out to be a friend and friends were everywhere.” ~Unknown
• Autosave feature in WordPress (It literally saved this post from a browser crash )
• The Boston Big Picture
• Alarm Clocks
• A Smile from a Stranger
• Texts written with good handwriting
• My Blog
• The Big Bang Theory – Both the tv series and the theory
• Drinking cold water on a hot day
• Jason Statham‘s movies – Has to be my favourite action hero
• A text book straight drive
• An absorbing conversation
• Chris Gayle – Enuf said
• Certain conversations with certian people
• Listening to people talk about Rabindranath Tagore
• Songs in Bengali – They sound so incredibly sweet
• News of a friend back in town
• Honest Friends that tell things to your face
• Someone honestly asking for your opinion and then patiently listening to it.
• Afternoon naps
• Reading a beautiful piece of writing that was inspired by something you wrote years ago.
• Dancing with my Niece.
• Eating Apricots after a long time
• Watching an EPL match after ages; +1 coz Manchester United won
• Reading “Tuesdays with Morrie”
• Watching an inspiring movie like “The King’s Speech”
• The Truth – How much ever painful it is, its always good to figure things out
• A Good nights sleep
• A textbook straight drive – Its a thing of beauty
• Working with friends
• Seinfeld – The series made me fall in love with good writing
• Watching a bad film with good friends – The movie was Fast Five.
• Gulzar Saab for Ae Ajnabi (Dil Se)
• Unexpected flattering comments from a friend who knows me pretty well.
• Playing Angry Birds/Drums on the IPad – It was super fun!
• Finding the inspiration to write again
• Unexpected Personal Email
• Listening to a stranger complimenting a movie that you loved
• Riding my bike in drizzle
• Having silly, pointless arguments with friends
• Cheering for your team with friends
• Cashew nuts
• Sleeping on a Lawn in the middle of the day at office
• Constructive Criticism
• Not being jealous when you have every reason to
• The Inverter at home
• People that truly have loved and respected me, despite being myself
• A tight hug from my Niece
• Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Have been reading it every night before I go to bed
• Realizing how much you truly care for someone else, out of the blue.
• Javed Akhtar‘s poetry in Namastey London – I can meditate to the beauty of those words.
• New Life and the magic it brings
• An honest apology
• Wonderful memories that put a smile on my face
• An intelligent conversation
• This post by Krishy
• Adrenaline rush when I am expecting something special to happen
• Stats – Numbers & Graphs – Absolutely love looking at and analyzing them
• Saying something that makes that special someone smile.
• Waking up and realizing that I don’t have to go anywhere
• Firecrackers in the night sky
• Angry Birds
• An unexpected message from an old friend
• Reading an old play
• A clean desk
• Watching young actors performing on stage and giving it their everything
• My Nephew
• Courteous strangers
• My Tennis Racket – Despite not playing tennis for over two years
• HD movies
• Having dinner with Cousins
• Smart comebacks – I totally admire them even if I am at the receiving end
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Torrents
• Long trips
• My camera
• Kaju Burfi
• Restaurants that play Jazz music
• Romantic dialogs in old classic films
• A mid-week day off from work
• Catching up with relatives after a long time
• Gifts
• Dark Chocolate
• White Chocolate
• Having tickets for a show
• Color the evening takes after a rain
• Writing my blog for Six years
• Conversations about Artists
• Jack Sparrow
• Sleeping in the middle of the day
• Letting go
• Searching for old books
• Days when you fall asleep immediately
• Time Lapse Videos
• Having a lovely unexpected engaging conversation
• Comments on my blog
• Watching my niece play
• Photographs that make me go “wow”
• Closely fought matches in the IPL
• Discovering an awesome app for my phone
• Hailstones – They are dangerous but so beautiful to watch
• Smell of wet mud
• How I met your mother – Despite its indifferent pace I still wait and watch every new episode
• Indian cricketers that play well in the IPL
• Silly arguments on the web – They always remind me to stop worrying about things I cant control
• Driving on empty roads
• Training for a run
• Browsing thru old books that I have read
• Tumblr
• My Casio watch that I have owned for 7 years now and was gifted to me by my mom
• Malgudi Days
• Bangalore Weather
• Hearing a cousin say that one of his life goals was to – “Live” life like me
• Working so hard that rest seems like heaven
• Hanging out with old friends
• Jennifer Connelly in Dark City – I have a major crush on her nowTrust that my friends place in me
• Seeing (after 4 years) the progress made by a friend
• The shortage of sleep thanks to the kids at home, its very difficult but has taught me a lot about priorities in life
• RCB’s spectacular all round performance this year. It doesn’t matter if the win or lose today, they have played exceeding well when required.
• The BBC tv series “Life“
• Sporting Events
• Memory
• movies
• Driving my bike after a service
• Two and a Half Men
• Being part of celebrations
• My niece who thinks my singing is actually very good
• Watching budding superstars perform
• Dinner with friends
• Listening to friends tease and make fun of each other in good humor
• My camera and how holding it makes me feel
• XBMC – My Media Center
• Listening to a happy voice on the phone
• Good Plans
• Meeting new people
• Finishing work by noon and having the rest of the day off
• Sprouts
• Chinese Food
• Window shopping for Electronics
• Chaats
• Running the 10K the second time
• Open Masala Dosa
• Afternoon naps
• Believing in myself when everything around me is falling apart
• The Hangover series – 2 was real fun!
• Friends that drive me to do things I am too lazy to do
• Being wanted
• Listening to a young writer’s words
• Crossing all those wonderful finish lines in my life
• Good spoken Urdu – even simple conversations seem so poetic
• Being 20min late and realizing that the movie just started
• Free Goodies
• Roger Fedrer’s poetic tennis
• Figs
• A well made Doughnuts
• Watching people cheer you on as you run
• The hurting muscles after a run, I am so proud of them
• People genuinely seeking my advice
• Subtle romance
• Knowing people with great comic timing
• Creating something from scratch
• Finishing a project
• Traveling
• Friends who want to help
• Her