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Expressing My Gratitude To God(part 1)

The author writes a short gratitude letter to God for being there with him ALWAYS.

Dear God,
I refer to you with many names through many religions. I remember you through my heart. And I want to express my gratitude through this letter.

I’m reading the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita, etc. and I am in love with you. I want to thank you for everything that you’ve given me in this life.

And I don’t know if there is rebirth or not, I just know that this present moment is all I got. There’s no past, no future, only this moment.

Thank you for this moment, for being with me for the times I can and can’t remember. 

Thank you for giving me loving parents, good siblings, good friends, good education, good health, an intelligent brain.

I don’t know if good things will continue coming to me in the future but I know you’ll always be with me.

I want to thank you for my seeming weaknesses because they taught me to go to you for strength.

Thank you for my natural strengths because they taught me to believe in myself. 

God, you are great. This creation of yours is amazing. Earth is amazing.

All the good things, good people, nature, etc. are beautiful.

Thank you for creating the ugliness in the world because they teach me to remember you for hope.

I want to express my gratitude to you for being there with me ALWAYS.

And thank you reader for reading this line. It means a lot.

Yours loving,
Anirban

Playing with friends is the most fun way to exercise

What’s the most fun way to exercise?

It can be anything from playing table tennis to playing outdoor games like football. But I think playing with friends and enjoying the process is the only right way to exercise.

I mean why do people hate going to the gym in a room full of strangers?

Because I think they take it too seriously and there are only a few friends there.

The reason we want to exercise is to have a fit body and we want a fit body because we want to feel good about ourselves. ( If you want to lose weight, that’s a valid goal but it can get toxic and demotivating soon)

Why not play without a goal and with friends to feel good and also have a fit body?

I think one might say “But football is competitive and it’s not easy to get into a football team”.

And I understand and totally agree.

But why not buy a bicycle and go around the town or city with your friends?

The less serious we take life, the more enjoyable it gets.

Again exercise is not the goal, it’s a means to some state of being which is feeling good about our bodies.

If you think of exercise as a goal(losing x kgs of body weight) then when you achieve the goal, you’ll no longer feel motivated to exercise.

But if you play with friends, then exercise will happen automatically and you’ll enjoy it.

Now one might say that they don’t have friends. Well that’s a topic for another blog post.

I’m glad you read this line. Thanks a lot!

Good old days’ memories make me laugh

What makes you laugh?

When I was in secondary school, class 10, I had a lot of fun with my friends.

We had to go to multiple private tutor classes and we travelled by bicycle throughout town.

We stole money from our parents and feasted on good food.

We wasted time playing video games.

We studied together.

I had a crush. More about that later 😉.

But recalling the memories of those days makes me laugh.

Not because they were precious but because I know I can never have them back.

Now they are gone.

Those innocent days are of the past.

I feel lucky to have lived such a life even if it’s for a short period of time.

I am grateful.

I’m glad you’re reading this. Thanks a lot!

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