#14 - Birth of "THE GIFT" 🎁

During my college days, whenever we go to our friends' sister or brother's marriage function. We all gather money on the day of the marriage & go to the nearest gift shop & buy a photo frame, wall clock, hot pack, cup & saucer set, or some other unnecessary gifts. But I felt gifts are to be a useful one for whom we are giving. 

And after college days, I entered into this reading phase of my life & found that reading books are making me more human. Even though I have read a very few books, I still feel reading good books can change people's perspectives, unlearn biases, become more empathetic. So, I try to propagate the idea of reading to people, literally forcing them to read books. I even have written a content & made a video citing the scientific benefits of reading books which has got more than 5 lakh views & many good comments too. Here is the link to it.,

The Scientific Benefits of Reading Books

So, after that in most of my videos I try to recommend books & documentaries regarding that particular content. And also, I started to gift books to people I know. The books like "Vaasippathu eppadi"(How to read) & so on. I literally became a reading evangelist to a smaller extent. This is when this idea popped up, like for marriages too I should gift books, but I dont know which book to gift as there are lot of books available out there. So, I thought why cant I make a book by my own using the help of AI tools. And, Yes, thats how this book "The Gift" was born.

The following is the "Introduction" section, I have written for this book.

"INTRODUCTION:

Being born a Zillenial in India, and watched a lot of movies on love, I always was fascinated by the concept of love in general & also in long lasting marriages. I personally feel love is something that makes the world still lively even in all this chaos. And even though I am flawed & constantly working on myself, I always wanted to be someone who wants to be a good soul showering love to everyone & maintain harmony in human life with equality & fairness. So, this is the main aim & motivation for me to be in art & create art in any form or medium. 

And wherever possible in my life, I have always been sticking to this ideology with myself even in my professional life too. But I never know what kind of impact this has made in people’s lives. But still I have hope, there may be some impact through my work. People may call it “a not so perfect strategy” for creating real impact. Yes, maybe they are right. I feel doing what feels from my instinct is my way of doing things & leave the rest to nature to do its job & believe in. That's my Hope. And, Yes, Magic does happen. Though it may be small when compared to what others may be getting, but it is what is needed for us. The ultimate need I guess. Likewise, I feel my work of art will find the needy at needy times & may be a small catalyst in solving their problems & making their lives a happy & harmonious one. This is my Hope. 

I believe that when our intention is genuine, even when our journey is hard with a lot of hurdles, we will reach where we want to & need to as per our intention. Nature provides it. 

So having written around 100+ scripts on various platforms with around 600 pages. I always wanted to publish books but was lacking confidence & waiting for perfection & procrastinating. Also I had a long wish of gifting books to friends & family. I have gifted a few books to a few friends too. But on a special occasion like marriage, I think a book about long lasting marriage would be a precious gift, I guess. So, Let's write one was the seed. But, I have no competence to write on that topic as I haven't been in a marital relationship. This was when I was relying on ChatGPT and other AI models for help, & it delivered a lot of answers for how to foster a healthy marital relationship & how to avoid conflicts.

This book is mainly a compilation of various answers for the questions asked by me in terms of fostering a long lasting marriage, potential conflicts that could arise and its solutions.

This book can be a great reference material but this book should not replace any professional counseling, therapy, physical or mental health treatment. So that’s my disclaimer. If you have any problems, kindly contact an authorized professional for treatment. With this let's dive into the book."

Here is the Index of this book.,

I dont know whether I am capable of curating this book as I have very less relationship experiences. But still I feel I may try from my side that may be useful to someone else. And in this process, I think I will also improve as a human being I guess. Its like "Sharing what I know"(Yaan petra inbam, peruga ivvaiyagam).

Peace ☮️

Senthil Rajan 😇