Voicing My Gratitude #GratitudeCircle

I had the usual ups and downs and I am just not in the mood to even talk about the downs, because today I want to practice what I preach. Voicing my gratitude is the best way, I thought.

Attending the National Workshop on Regulatory Compliance for Accelerating Innovations at C-CAMP, Bangalore set the tone for the month and it was a wonderful experience of learning. The campus was a joy to explore.

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Then the rest of the month has been busy with lots of work deadlines and of course, blogging daily in the A to Z Challenge.

So, let me do this gratitude post differently.

Instead of describing my happies and the could-have-been-happiers, I am going to make a list of threes. Feel free to use these prompts and write your own posts!

Voicing my gratitude with these thirty prompts

I am grateful for these 3 things I hear

• The voice of my loved ones
• The doorbell
• My favorite songs

I am grateful for these 3 things I see

• The pigeons
• Sunsets and sunrises
• My photo albums that take me down memory lane

I am grateful for these 3 things I smell

• Coffee
• Fresh laundry
• My essential oils

I am grateful for these 3 things I touch/feel

• Earth when I walk
• Vegetables
• Moisturizer

I am grateful for these 3 things I taste

• Yogurt
• Water
• Samosas

I am grateful for these 3 friends

• My sister, who has my back no matter what
• My childhood pal, who knows me so well
• My BFF who phone-marathons and surprises me always

I am grateful for these 3 teachers

• My Mom, who is my mentor
• My primary school teacher, also my godmother
• Life

I am grateful for these 3 family members

• My Mom, who’s a source of constant encouragement
• My husband, for his love and trust
• My son, for his unconditional love

I am grateful for these 3 things in my home

• My laptop, which makes work easier
• My spot in the living room which makes me happy
• My kitchen where I feel my Mom’s presence the most

I am grateful for these 3 clients

• The one who gave me my first job
• The one that got me started as a freelance writer
• The publisher I work with

I am grateful for these 3 trips

• Trip to Dharamsala and meeting with the Dalai Lama
• Trip to Canada to meet four of my closest friends
• Trip to Sikkim and Darjeeling

I am grateful for these 3 physical activities

• The walk on my terrace every day—grateful for a clean safe space
• Cooking
• Mopping (seriously!)

I am grateful for these 3 holidays

• Dussehra/Navratri – Long break when my son visits
• Mid-sem breaks when my son’s home
• Summer vacation – when my son’s home

I am grateful for these 3 authors I love

• P G Wodehouse
• Rohinton Mistry
• Charles Dickens

I am grateful for these 3 character traits

• My optimism
• My never-say-die, never-give-up attitude
• My thirst for knowledge

I am grateful for these 3 strangers who helped me

• The gentleman who dropped me home in pouring rain when I was carrying two huge bags of diapers and was scared they’d soak up the rain even before I got home.
• The stranger who pushed me out of the way when a truck hurtled down the road just as I was about to cross and saved my life.
• The army guys who picked me up off the road when I had an accident on my scooter.

I am grateful for these 3 things I love to wear

• My thumb ring
• My junk jewelry
• My glasses (ha!)

I am grateful for these 3 tech gadgets

• My phone, which lets me talk to those I love and take pictures
• My digital camera
• My glucometer which helps me track my sugar levels

I am grateful for these 3 things I take for granted

• My failing eyesight
• Fresh air
• Running water

I am grateful for these 3 things that make me laugh

• My husband’s constant punning
• Watching SNL with my son
• Topcat – old cartoon series

I am grateful for these 3 TV shows I enjoy

• Mom
• Grey’s Anatomy
• Columbo

Here are my top five must-watch crime thriller shows on TV

I am grateful for these 3 things I am good at

• Writing
• Caregiving
• Sketching

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I am grateful for these 3 opportunities I got

• Working with UNICEF part-time
• Teaching kindergarten for one term
• Working from home

I am grateful for these 3 life lessons I’ve learned

• Believe in yourself
• Choose your friends wisely
• Comparison is the thief of joy

I am grateful for these 3 service people

• The lady who collects the garbage every day
• The medical store delivery person
• The grocery delivery person

I am grateful for these 3 simple pleasures

• My morning cup of coffee
• Long baths
• Binge-reading

I am grateful for these 3 gifts I’ve received

• Time with my family
• My purse
• Books

I am grateful for these 3 goals I’ve achieved

• Full time income working from home
• Maintaining a healthy weight (well, almost)
• Being able to donate my blog’s income to charity

I am grateful for these 3 fond memories

• Traveling with my Mom
• My 28th birthday
• Job transfers

I am grateful for these 3 things from last week

• Meeting an important work deadline
• Receiving a lovely email from a blog-reader
• Cleaning out my pantry

I am grateful for each one of you reading this post.

So—tell me—did you like today’s post? Feel free to use the prompts to write your own. Sometimes it is wonderful to sit back and think about what we are grateful for from our day-to-day routine, right?

Welcome to the April 2019 Gratitude Circle blog hop.

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