Gratitude

Dear Lord, Thank you for making this bundle of mischief my better half And help me always keep her this happy. Even if it means, I have to wear funny clothes to do that! And Abby – I love you!

Dear Sir, I read your post yesterday, and for the first time, in the really long time I have been reading your blog, you genuinely shocked me a little bit. The post seemed a little out of sorts and a little down to me. As if, you were really doubting your worth as a teacher For a little bit, I was back in school, to when my teacher’s “Teacher” mask would slip a bit & I would get a glimpse of the person beneath. ...

This year, I realized… Memento Mori! I’m not superhuman. I’m lucky, nay blessed to be alive. Some people change… some don’t. I have to learn to live with that. Being debt free is an awesomely freeing feeling. Meditation and prayer help. I was a fool to have given up on reading and music. “Bird on a Wire” is the soundtrack to my life. That whenever I’m down, all I need to get rid of sad, depressive thoughts is to look up. That’s it. It always works. Crane your neck and look up. Try it :) I have very few friends. But they’re awesome. I am luckier than most when it comes to my work & career. Vivek & Vinay, I cannot thank you guys enough. You guys both have been so influential and so supportive in my life, I cannot express my gratitude enough. You guys are my other family. I love you for all you do. I spent my childhood being scared of my parents; my teens, resenting them; and my twenties in rebellion and thinking that they were not so smart. Turns out, they were the best thing to have happened to me. I know that now. And I will spend the rest of my life in gratitude and love as far as they go. And finally… I should have married Abbygail, twelve years ago.Yes, I was wrong Abby, and I hope this public admission lays our one long standing argument to rest :) The past three years with you, have been bliss and to quote The Platters… “Only you, can make this world seem right!” Thank you, Lord! I could not ask for more. ...

The man is a mystic, a loner. I think he is content all by himself. He likes sitting by himself, lost in his thoughts. He used to love long walks at night gazing at the stars, when he was young and able to. He loves listening to Jim Reeves or Patsy Cline crooning as he relaxes after a hard day at work. His is a man of faith, of prayer. ...

You have given me so much over the years and taught me so much, I cannot begin to say Thank You, enough :) Thank you for believing in me, for pushing me, for all your pep talks, for all you’ve done for me and for being such an awesome guy :) I could go on and on about us, but this is one little moment I’ll never forget. ...

There’s something to be said, when you miss a friend, daily even after donkey’s ears of being apart. Thank you! for picking me up, when I was down and out for making me laugh for all your advice; on everything ever for being best friend and stern mentor at the same time for being so awesome for just being you For teaching me “No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.” ...