How do I show gratitude?
I show my gratitude in my own way.
I am not that show or as expressive with my feelings. I am the reserved type. You won't see me repaying back what was given to me but that doesn't mean that I don't give something in return. I do but not in the same form or same value as what you gave me. Also, I don't give right away.
That doesn't mean that I am not grateful.
I support my friends in whatever endeavors they take. I am there for moral support. What I can't give in terms of finances, I do it in terms of being there for my friends. I can be there for them and do things for them and with what I can.
I remember again when our house burned down. A lot of people have helped us and we were so grateful for that. Right now, I don't know how to give back to them. My friends have also helped and to this day, I still don't know how to repay their kindness but I now some day, some way I can be of help to them too and I hope that it will be so much more.
Whenever I visit my friends, their homes are always open and there they welcome me and offer a place to stay. In return, I would take them out and treat them. That is just an example of how I show my gratitude. Sometimes if they want some things from our city, then I would buy that for them and send it to them without charge. Favors like that are some of my ways of showing my gratitude. It's not always that I get to treat them anyway.
Friend understand that we don't always have to give something in return. As long as they were able to help you and be there for you, then that's all that matters.
List of people I love and who love me in return.
I think it would be enough to say that my partner, my family, friends and relatives are the people who I love and love me in return.
We don't need a lot of people in our lives. What matters most are those that love you and you love them too.
Having said that, there are those that I am grateful for and love. It's the people that show kindness and extend their help not just to me but to other people as well. I love those who are considerate and are after the welfare and benefit of the many not just themselves. It's the humble people that really earns my respect. You don't need to be rich and famous. I love others more because of their character.
I love those who do more than what is their job requires and are passionate about what they do. I also love those who have faith in the ability of others and who believe in what others can do. I love those who uplift others instead of bringing them down.
I love those who accept me for who I am and who I am not.
So technically, it is now Monday here.
Jelena posted about a color challenge that I think would be great idea to adopt it here in this platform. You can read it here.
If you don't have any idea what to write, then choose a color and talk about that.
Each day of the week corresponds a color and they are as follows:
Monday RED
Tuesday ORANGE
Wednesday YELLOW
Thursday GREEN
Friday BLUE
Saturday INDIGO
Sunday PURPLE
If you notice my lead image, that's a bottlebrush flower taken during one of my walks. I used that as an entry to a contest in Hive.
So for Monday's color, I chose that as my lead image.
I show gratitude through respecting people.