28 Things To Be Thankful For This Birthday

Happy Thanksgiving, you beautiful people! So after I wrote my blog yesterday morning, I went ahead and finished my breakfast and spoke to a few of my friends on the phone. After everyone asking us about our plan for the day, we thought why not go out for some thanksgiving shopping and that’s exactly what we did. We shopped till we couldn’t walk anymore and returned home feeling exhausted. Neither we had the strength to talk nor the energy to even grab a glass of water but soon enough Bigshot decided to glue his head into the laptop and I decided that I wanted to write my last 28 Things for the month. Since it is thanksgiving here today, I thought why not look back at the 28 years of my life and write down the things I’m thankful for. This might sound preachy and boring but please bare with me.

1) Parents who never gave up on each other and their children.

I’ve seen so many failed relationships over the years and I’ve also seen children having identity crisis because their parents couldn’t understand them. I’m glad that mine never forced me into anything and always gave me the freedom to do what I love. And also for giving me a wonderful family to grow up with.

2) A memorable childhood.

If you have been reading my blog from a long time you will know the stories I had shared about my childhood and there are such memories so vivid in my mind, both beautiful as well as extremely weird that I’m grateful for it.

3) A loving partner.

I swear I went through a phase when I was least bothered about the decisions I made and it’s consequences. Even though I wouldn’t call that a great phase of my life, but it brought me to him and let’s just say I couldn’t have asked for more.

4)Friends and family.

I’m grateful that I’ve friends and family who are so different than me that everyday I get to know them a little better especially when they express everything out. Life would be extremely boring if everyone were the same, am I right?

5) My brother.

Everybody loves my brother and he has a heart of gold. You will disagree with me when I tell you the awful things he did to me while growing up but I’m thankful for the fact that we are always close to each other and I’m also thankful that he has a beautiful family now. Literally a beautiful family! Maybe one day I’ll post a picture of my brother, sister-in-law and my niece.

6) A body that functions.

I don’t think people value their health and body until their health is compromised. It is important that we love our body and take good care of it.

7) Teachers who cared as well as who didn’t.

Ther will be teachers in your school who will find potential in you and keep you motivated to perform better and learn. But there will also be teachers who will tell you that you are not going to reach anywhere in life or you are not good enough compared to your friend. You need to understand that teachers can never foresee your future and clearly they aren’t perfect so it’s upto you to mould your life the way you want to.

8) Good food.

I don’t waste food nor do I throw out food, I respect the fact that I’m able to eat good quality food wherein people suffer in many parts of the world without it.

9) Books.

I don’t know what I would have done without the books I’ve read. They were with me during my good times as wel as during hardships. They helped me distract my mind by taking me into a world unknown and interesting that it got me through many sleepless nights. I’m eternally grateful for them.

10)  Long life friends.

You might not be still in touch with your best friend from school or you might not be even close to a friend you thought was a friend for life time. But I’m grateful for the ones that stuck and the ones who stuck around.

11) Studying away from home.

I’m so thankful that I had the opportunity to stay away from home and do my higher studies as it taught me many things about life, how to be independent and how your parents can’t always be there for you. I learnt about how to deal with landlords, about paying bills, about the people around you and many things which life throws at you.

12) People who were kind.

I don’t remember every single incident but there were times when people came into my life just to get me out of a bad situation and their kindness can never be put into words. I’m so thankful for those people.

13) People who were not so kind.

There were also people who got me into situations I never wanted to be in and had people who speaks behind your back. But these are the people who taught me the many realities of life and I’m grateful that I got to learn from them.

14) The bad years of my life.

Specially 2010 and 2015, I wish I could go back in time and tell Geeth of 2010 and 2015 that those bad years will give you better years and to just hang in there. But those years taught me how to deal with bad days and also the power of  being hopeful and positive.

15) The internet.

Yes you heard it right! I know there was a time when people were thankful for food, shelter and water, however internet has become an integral part of our lives that I thought it’s worth mentioning. It has taught me many things, connected me to many like-minded people and also it is  because of which now that I even have a blog.
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16) Music.

Without which I think life would have been totally boring. It lifts my mood when it needs to be cheered up and it put me in a calmer place when I need to de-stress. Music brings everyone together and I’m grateful to be able to enjoy it.

17) The heartbreaks.

There are heartbreaks in everybody’s life and it will teach you things that no amount of books can. I learnt to grow up and become a better person from it. I still remember the day and the exact time when my cousin sister broke the news that Movie actor Madhavan was married.

18) Time.

I feel like sometimes you don’t get enough time in a day to do the things you want to do and you wish for the time to just stop. But it never does and you will never get it back either. So value those precious time you get in this world and enjoy every second doing the things you love and loving the people dear to you.

19) Travelling.

I’m thankful for the places I could see and those beautiful journeys with my loved ones will always be cherished till the end.

20) Failures.

People react to failures as if there isn’t any other way out of it. Yes it’s highly over-rated too, but nobody thinks about why I failed at some thing and what I can do to get past it. Don’t get defeated my failure instead focus your entire energy on how to get past it. And be thankful for the things you could learn from your failures. Failures will always lead you to success, just hang in there.

21) The decisions we make in life.

Not every single decision we make might be the right ones, but who is to decide whether it was an appropriate decision other than you. Make decisions, make mistakes and be thankful for the things that did lead you to your current path.

22) Comforts of life.

I do not take anything that I have in my life for granted and many of them has made my life much better, even something like having hot water in the shower. You might not think of its true worth when it’s actually taken away from you, and yes I’ve thought of the situation when I would have to take bath in an icy cold water during winter. Smh!

23) Weekends.

Bigshot and I go into sloth mode during weekends and it is the time we rewind on a hectic week and enjoy some more sleep, some more television and even better food. We are truly thankful for that 2 days in a week where we can relax.

24) Challenges in life.

There will be things that you need to do at a particular amount of time, there will be things you mind find difficult to choose and decide.  But those challenges will show you what kind of a person you are and it will always be a measure of how far you have come as a human. Be grateful for those challenges and keep moving ahead.

25) Exams and competitions.

Trust me, exams and competitions are not a true measure of someone’s potential and I’ve learnt it the hard way with the number of times I’ve failed a mathematics examination when I knew the logic behind it and the number of times I scored well in chemistry when I didn’t have a clue what I wrote in the paper. But what these exams and competitions taught me is to never take them seriously or revolve your entire life around it.

26) Birthdays.

We grow and mature as human beings every single day and birthdays just remind you of the person you were one year ago and will let you strive to be a better person each passing year. At least that’s what’s we should do.

27) Being loyal to the people you love.

Never speak bad about your loved ones behind their back and everyone is flawed so we need to make sure that we don’t judge them only on their flaws. Having said that, always be grateful for the people who never judged you and had your back in your toughest time.

28) This blog.

For the love of God, I don’t know what I would have done without this blog as it has helped me immensely over the past year and also it brought me closer to all my beautiful readers. Blessed.

Have a good day/night everyone. And Happy Thanksgiving 🙂