Blessings require an acknowledgment to be complete and for the grace energy of blessing to be received and experienced.

Responding with “Bless you” when we hear someone sneeze is like this.

We can feel something is missing when we do not thank someone for their blessing.

It’s as if there is no blessing unless we’ve responded with “Thank you” and “You’re welcome.”

We’ve missed an opportunity for grace, to feel love, and experience connection.

The following are examples of blessings:

“Good morning, Good night. Have a nice day, good luck, and Goodbye. I hope you feel better. Have a nice trip. Have a good day. May there be wind beneath your wings…” and so forth.

To be complete, blessings invite a response, an expression of acknowledgment, for our connection to be fulfilled, and for the power of blessing to be enjoyed.

I invite us to practice grace and thankfulness by saying, “Thank you” whenever we receive a blessing.

PS: The ability to bless is part of being human and integral to our humanity. We do not have to believe in God to bless another person.

Blessing belongs to us. We get to do it.

Just because.

Thank you for reading this.

Blessings on your journey.