A few weeks ago, just before I fell asleep, I received a message wishing me happy dreams and a blessing for my sleep. This evoked such a beautiful feeling of warmth and comfort, of being embedded in a larger context, that I read it every day before falling asleep. A few days later I conveyed a message from a person in the afterlife that mentioned the importance of blessings. Now the subject had my full attention, and I began to explore it.
I perceive the difference between a good wish and a blessing in that when blessing, I shift my awareness to a higher life force that I call Divine. Blessing connects us to the Source of life and the Divine within, bringing sacredness into our life. In the act of blessing, we actively create a moment of stillness, a sacred moment.
Our intention makes our words a blessing. A simple “good morning” can be said as a habit or as a blessing. Blessings are not limited to specific words or rites. Every kind word can be a blessing. Again, this is about mindfulness.
Becoming a blessing
Blessing brings our mind from the past or future to the present moment. It reminds us that life has a dynamic of its own, a natural unfolding and allows us to surrender to it. Our need to control decreases, reducing stress and promoting physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. The act of blessing, as much as the blessing itself, brings inner peace and balance.
Every morning I start the day by blessing it. I bless my sleep … there are endless chances for us to say a silent blessing. And the more we get used to bless, the more we become a blessing ourselves.
“The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That’s what I think.” (Maya Angelou, American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, 1928 – 2014)