The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 217

Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre on yet another beautiful Sunday morning and day 12 into our new lock down. Last evening I took a little time out to visit one of my favourite meditative landscapes by the Atlantic ocean and as I worked my way through narrow bumpy roads flanked by pale white and grey limestone I finally reached the end of the road, no further to run only straight on to the wild Atlantic. What was the welcoming party? Well at first it was the 3 grey and majestic Connemara ponies and then further on at the lands end, basking in a cook pool of calm, sheltered ocean were two beautifully white swans circling around like two ballerinas occasionally lifting and flopping their wings to welcome me and welcome me into their territory , doing their dance for me. I could not but be taken by how much they embraced their place, their place of belonging. What occurred to me was in this beautiful, peaceful paradise we can all at various times in our lives have all the world has to offer in terms of status, achievements, possessions, yet without our true sense of belonging like my 2 swans, our lives can feel empty and pointless and here like the ocean returns each time to share a sense of belonging liberated me and empowered me to trust fully the rhythm of nature. I am sure we all have our favourite place, so go there. It will help shelter you from the loneliness of this pandemic during this time. It became very clear to me during this visit that we all carry a unique world within our hearts and that we are so special and should remind ourselves each morning that we are so special and unique and it will empower us to be at peace within our hearts and soul and be the beauty like my two majestic swans that we were born to be. We all have a chance. You can look outside yourself to feel cherished or you can cherish yourself. So today on this beautiful Sunday go somewhere you feel that you belong most, dream a while, pray a while and send blessings and healing to all you know and encounter and wear your smile. It will warm your heart and the hearts of others.

God bless you all from a very peaceful Mindful Farmer.

Patrick