GoodSpeech

Curating a Culture of Blessing

The word ‘benediction’, meaning blessing, came into the English language via Old French from a Latin root combining bene - ‘well’ or ‘good’ with dicere - ‘say’ or ‘speak.’ To bless is to speak out that which is good. At a superficial level this can reflect a simple desire to wish someone well, but there is so much more to it than that. In the blessings …