The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 314

Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre on day 24 of our latest lock down. This morning as I was walking the fields alongside the road what disturbed my morning stroll was the noise of trucks and traffic and I made a quick and conscious decision to retreat down the farm towards silence only to be greeted by the morning chorus of my birds. I thought to myself noise versus silence. No contest - silence wins all the time. A lot of our days are laden with a hectic, mechanical type lifestyle, from the alarm clock, traffic, planes, lifts, gadgets and home again to endure it all again. If we only make time for silence and for prayer, mindfulness and meditation and all in small pieces it is then we give ourselves a chance to remember who we really are and what life is all about and to allow us time to respect our own individuality and difference and in doing so, for a little time each day, we will power the light of our souls, all our souls. Continue to pray, bless and power healing to all who need it and wear your smile.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick