Hesed

Just when I finished complaining about my word, its place in the pantheon of grammar and the difficulty of writing about this cumbersome word —I happened upon the Hebrew word Hesed. Hesed is often translated as Loving Kindness.  There’s something that draws me to the Hebrew word— still the softness of the s Sound, but with more complexity.

The universe has a way of turning everything upside down. A way to suggest another aspect of an issue, another face.

“Know that kindness is sometimes soft and sometimes bold in its appearance.”

———Melissa Myozen Blacker