Daily Gratitude Thread

[Zeeshan]

Hi! I understand I will probably be the only one posting as this forum is dead. So don't mean to make it my blog. Anyone is feel free to share input. It will just serve a tiny space for me to give daily thanks in the corner of internet.

Often times, I admit, when I give gratitude for certain things such as basic shelter, water, food etc it doesn't come from within. It merely appears to be superficial lip service. Still with practice it will come naturally brimming from the heart.

[Zeeshan]

• Food
• Water
• Living parents
• Banglacricket forum
• Lessons learned from mentors, school, life in general and other tough teachers
• Eyes to watch Bangladesh team
• Ability to celebrate
• Two feet
• Two arms
• Skin
• Health
• Face
• Hair
• Luxury to wear glasses
• Privilege to use internet and YouTube
• Ears to listen to music
• Privilege to drive around in car listening to electronic music
• Shelter
• Clothes
• Warm food
• Blanket
• Warm water for shower
• Running water and electricity
• Memories
• California friendly people
• City with no air pollution
• City with no traffic
• Privilege to use vice
• Eyebrows
• Chair
• Ability to post on this forum
• BC friends
• Bed
• TV
• Whatever little in bank account
• Part time job
• Chess website
• Unlimited free movies on the internet with ease of access
• Decent mental health, memory and thinking mind
• Unlimited reading material and free books from the library
• Living in one of the richest place in the world

THANK YOU!! THANK YOU GOD!! THANK YOU UNIVERSE!!

[Zeeshan]

Here we go homiez:

• PRIVILEGE TO WAKE UP ALIVE (AS TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVEN'T TODAY)
• privilege to post on this forum
• grateful both of my parents are alive
• privilege to live in California and United States
• privilege to drive around in a relatively brand new car
• privilege to sleep on mattress and bed
• privilege to eat on dining table
• privilege to have delicious, halal Thai food paid for by my mother
• privilege to have warm shower
• privilege to live in an apartment
• privilege to have running water and electricity
• grateful that water is accessible (both drinking water and tap water)
• privilege to use the Internet
• privilege to have a part time job
• privilege to have a mailbox
• privilege to use the toilet paper
• grateful that our bathroom is so clean and nice
• privileged to live in California where clean restroom access is free for public usage
• privilege for public transportation
• privilege for having the ability to carry a wallet and wear leather belt
• clothing
• eyeglasses
• eyes to see and type this
• relatively perfect health
• relatively perfect mental health
• grateful to be able-bodied and to work
• privileged for unlimited food at home
• privilege to own a cell phone
• privilege to receive education in art history, ceramics and sailing from California
• privilege to write reviews on IMDB
• PRIVILEGE TO ENJOY SO MANY PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF CRICKET ON THIS FORUM
• grateful for the ability to speak and hear and taste
• grateful for my hair
• privilege to have 'daat', 'dapot' and air of arrogance - when they are totally undeserved
• privilege to live in a benevolent universe
• privilege to be born in a BEAUTIFUL country like Bangladesh
• privilege to be born in a loving, upper middle class family
• privilege to have eaten in all the posh restaurants in Bangladesh
• privilege to live near Beach and South Coast Plaza
• privilege to have witnessed a Lamborghini workshop
• privileged to have traveled
• privileged to have enjoyed service of SERVANTS and chauffer-driven car (my father used to point it out and I used to hate him for it..LOL!)
• privileged to live in a six bedroom house in South Africa
• privileged to have played cricket

I PRAY TO GOD/ALLAH/BRAHMAN/TAO TO RECEIVE MY PRAYERS, LOWER MY EGO, GIVE ME HUMILITY AND ENLIGHTENMENT AND GUIDANCE AND STRENGTH, WEALTH, JOY, HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND ABUNDANCE.

I UNDERSTAND MY LIFE AND BIRTH IS TOTALLY LUCK OF THE LOT. I COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN BORN AN URCHIN IN A SLUM.

IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE ALIVE - ESPECIALLY IN SUCH WELL-OFF CONDITION IN A LOVING FAMILY.

[Zeeshan]

For inspiration:

[Zeeshan]

• Food
• Water
• Running water
• Electricity
• Parents
• Relatives
• Friendly people here in California
• Nail
• Privilege to have access to comic books as kid
• Privilege to have access to video games as kid
• Online free chess
• Comedians
• Loving Universe and God
• The fact that all of our true divine nature is Unconditional Love
• Eye glasses
• Breakfast
• Car
• Music
• Internet
• Phone
• Apartment
• US Citizenship
• Bangladesh cricket doing well
• Relatively decent health
• Relatively decent mental health
• Forgiving society, culture & people
• Paycheck
• Ok weather
• Pen and pencil to write with
• Affirmations videos on YouTube
• Privilege to spend money on personal website
• Privilege to share books on Amazon
• Privilege and ability to have the world hear what you say on YouTube
• Banglacricket forum
• Fan/AC
• Room heater
• Legs
• Arms
• Fingers
• Choice of food at home
• Home phone
• Privilege to have spent money on martial arts lessons

[Zeeshan]

The Truth

Life doesn’t owe you anything. It doesn’t owe you perfect or even good parents. Life doesn’t owe you health, happiness, abundance, success, comfort, or immunity from pain and problems. It doesn’t owe you a job, a house, a bed, or a single meal. No one owes you kindness, love, recognition, empathy, apologies, or understanding. You aren’t entitled to a single thing. Your family owes you nothing. Your government owes you nothing. No one owes you anything at all.

Ouch, right? I know, it stings.

I’ve had people blow up at me for saying less (they shouldn’t have asked me).

The Treasure

In all truth lies a treasure. The gift in acknowledging and accepting that life owes you nothing is that you realize that every single thing you have is a blessing. Life owes you nothing, and yet look at all you’ve been given. Blessings rain upon you at every moment.

The bed you sleep in, the shoes you walk in, the spoon you eat from, the people/pets who adore you, the money you receive, the beauty you glimpse, the sweetness that sways your heart—all blessings.

Your life is overflowing with treasures. There is not enough time in a day to count them all, but count at least 10 of them each day. Recognize the truth about your existence. Above all your cup is not 1/2 empty, it’s overflowing and you weren’t entitled to have anything inside of it.

Teaching this to my children is one of my proudest acts as a mother. I know that this correction of perception will serve and propel them forward throughout their lives.

https://www.cynthiaoccelli.com/entitlement/

[Zeeshan]

Food
Shelter
Clothing
Loving parents
Friends and families
Birds
Calligraphy set at Barnes & Noble
Ducks
Unlimited free books from American libraries
College education
Latin class at South Africa
Art classes
Violin lessons
Car
Electricity
Water
Bangladesh cricket team
Movies
Unlimited free music from YouTube
Medical benefits
Car insurance
Drivers License
Passport
Trees
Living near Beach cities
Free parks
Paid parks
Free hiking trails
Sailing lessons
Thai food
Privilege to use a computer
Paid internet
Bank account
Fingers
Arms
Legs
Eyes
Sense of smell
Tastebuds
Loving Universe
Immune system
Good health
Good mental health
Pen
Paper
Utensils to eat with
Cutlery to eat on
Tablecloth
Vacuum cleaner
TV
Ability to breath
Life
Ameen

[Zeeshan]

1. food
2. shelter
3. drinking water
4. running water
5. friends
6. family
7. both parents alive
8. carport to park vehicle at apartment
9. apartment
10. kitchen
11. restroom
12. closet
13. computer
14. internet
15. phone connection
16. birds chirping in the morning
17. loving Universe
18. all the blessings Universe bestowed upon me
19. health
20. wealth
21. joy
22. all the time people were kind to me
23. all the teachings Universe has bestowed upon me
24. coffee
25. ability to solve Rubik's cube
26. ability to play chess
27. car
28. nice apartment complex outside
29. peaceful city
30. fantastic weather
31. ability to walk
32. ability to see
33. ability to grasp
34. ability to breath
35. good skin
36. toe nails
37. finger nails
38. hair
39. lungs
40. kidneys
41. heart
42. eyeglasses
43. country of origin: Bangladesh
44. USA
45. citizneship
46. cricket as entertainment (IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO FOLLOW THIS SPORT NOT A RIGHT)
47. privilege to drive
48. utensils
49. eating plates, bowls and expensive crockeries which we never u sed
50. clothing
51. clothing which I never used
52. ability to drive
53. all the gifts ever receieved by relatives
54. friendship
55. income
56. public transportation
57. privileged to receive instructions in art, violin, Quran khatm, Latin, sailing all the fancy humanatarian stuffs
58. abundant food at home
59. two plates of hearty full meal
60. blanket
61. socks
62. duvet
63. bedsheet
64. 100$ pillow (A PRIVILEGE)
65. toys
66. existence of Dollar store
67. living near Newport Beach area
68. Sauna, sensory deprivation and yoga lessons at Newport Beach - A PRIVILEGE)
69. Lego set
70. Atari video games
71. Comic books
72. type writer growing up at office
73. born to relatively well-off upper middle class HARDWORKING family and for both of parents sacrifice
74. fencing lessons
75. krav maga lessons (Again these are all luxury)
76. Muay thai lessons
77. Filipino martial art lessons
78. Barnes and Noble
79. JUST Universe
80. Medicine
81. Medications
82. Hospital
83. All the time nurses and doctors showed genuine care to me

REMEMBER FRIENDS- ALL YOU HAVE CAN BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU IN AN INSTANT BY THE ALMIGHTY. THE ACT OF BEING ALIVE AND BREATH ITSELF IS A GIFT! PLEASE BE GRATEFUL FOR THE THINGS YOU ALREADY HAVE.

[iDumb]

all that list but girls/women isn't one of them. Maybe they are a curse of life.

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by iDumb
all that list but girls/women isn't one of them. Maybe they are a curse of life.

hahahahahahahahahaha....

[Zeeshan]

I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY MOTHER.

[SS]

Thanks Z for this great thread.

[Zeeshan]

F*** gratitude lol. F*** capitalism haha!! Sometimes giving unnecessary gratitude can be too cringey and virtue signalling. And I am 100% guilty of it. As Alan Watts said: "Pick up a pebble and enjoy it by the sea shore if you will... but don't give a sermon about it."

[SS]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
F*** gratitude lol. F*** capitalism haha!! Sometimes giving unnecessary gratitude can be too cringey and virtue signalling. And I am 100% guilty of it. As Alan Watts said: "Pick up a pebble and enjoy it by the sea shore if you will... but don't give a sermon about it."

That’s true too..great quote… still thank you Zeeshan for your write up..lol.. I am great fan of your writing

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by iDumb
all that list but girls/women isn't one of them. Maybe they are a curse of life.

Hit the nail in the cofin