The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 251

Welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre on day 31 of our new lock down. We all get a sense of relaxation at the weekend and this weekend I am really happy to have the grandchildren with me on the farm and I can’t help thinking how fortunate and blessed I am to have this land to walk every day and enjoy and share with all who care and who I care for. We should thank the earth for what it offers. It offers us ground for home and to hold our feet firm and to walk in open places. We should salute the silence of Mother Earth, the certainty of the mountains as we look up at them, the wonders of our gardens here at Ballinwillin, but above all the humility that the earth offers. Through her kindness and understanding she prepares to receive us in our worn out form into our final stillness and in doing so ask her for forgiveness for the sins against her and when my children and grandchildren read these blogs in time I hope and trust they will love and understand more than we do about our Mother Earth. Continue to pray, bless and power healing to all and wear your smile.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick