The film Pretty Woman, though certainly a Cinderella story with attitude, is also a film about blessing. Watch the film, noting the times characters bless one another and the result of their blessing. The Blessing is typically understood as something a parent bestows on a child. Pretty Woman reminds me that we do not have to be biological parents to offer others a blessing. A blessing can take many forms: it can be a comment made in passing, a message in a greeting card, a gift that shows thought was given to the recipient, or a simple touch (in Pretty Woman an older man lays his hand on Richard Gere and offers words of blessing).

Practice blessing giving during the month of June. What do you experience in doing the practice? What do you sense the practice means to those you bless? Do you think it is important for humans to bless one another? Why or why not?