At a time in our lives, we must have received or given gratitude. Gratitude comes as a result of overflow of emotion triggered by a good deed someone has done for you. The emotion may sometime be intense that the person giving the gratitude break into tears when words could not express his gratitude and joy.
I give gratitude both in words and actions. Gratitude should come from one's mind and it seem not to have a format for doing it. Sometimes a simple thank youwith sincere heart is much a gratitude just like buying a wine to give someone who had done something good to you.
At times people show gratitude by saying a word of prayers for the person who did the good deed for them. This type of gratitude most times comes from elderly people. God bless you and your family, let everything you touch be bless you hear them say this often times.
Gratitude is sometimes express by actions: the year I was seeking for admission, a lecturer helped me in getting the admission. I was conscious of the gratitude to give at that time. After much thought, I decided to buy him wine and go help him wash his car at his house. That was my own way of showing gratitude to him at that time. Showing gratitude sometimes require thought on what to do to show the gratitude.
Just as I said earlier, showing gratitude requires no format, it sometimes happens subconsciously like hugging. And sometimes requires deliberate gesture to express how grateful one is.
There is this joy that comes with knowing someone appreciates your kind or good deed to him or her. When you receive gratitude for your kind gesture, there is this move in you that may want to do more of that. Not necessarily because you need the appreciation but knowing you deed the good thing.
Likewise I have no favorite way of receiving gratitude. Just do it has you are led to do. A hug, gift, word of appreciation whatever way that suit you is okay. But let it be from your heart.
The best way to receive more from a person, is to thank him for the little one he had done for you. The holy book admonish that: there was this band group in my village, whenever you do a good deed for them, they choose another day to come appreciate you for your deed to them. And when they are about to leave, you will be move to give them something again. They will continue coming to give you gratitude for your previous last deed, and so the good deed he will continue doing for them.
Gratitude gladden the heart of the receiver of the gratitude and affirm to him that he is doing a good thing.