What is a "lessing"?

"Lessing" is my portmanteau word for "lesson" and "blessing." My life lessons are rarely born from calamity. Death, fire, flood--humans are prepared for disaster; we usually respond valiantly. It is the tiresome demands of 21st century living that will drive a woman bananas. Daily Lessings is the record of events that really piss me off and of my attempt to transform these irritants into small life lessons and even into daily blessings. (Can one really be grateful for parking tickets, burnt lightbulbs, bank fees, vermin, clogged drains, stubbed toes, or dirty gutters? I don't know, but this girl aims to find out.) Forcing myself to recognize a "lessing" keeps me engaged in a reflective practice and in the great, ongoing spiritual conversation. Here's to any shred of wisdom I may gain in this process.