The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 1404

Good morning everyone and welcome to Ballinwillin House Farm, Gardens and RetrEat centre. I am getting a little bolder with my new knee and visited the gardens earlier this morning. Everything is very beautiful, like the Christmas cards I remember as a child and I was feeling very thankful for this beauty. All of a sudden I got caught in a protruding whitethorn from the boundary hedge and I am still picking out some thorns. I then moved further and safely into the three gardens and saw one brave young rose braving the elements and trying to bloom. I then thought to myself that these are two plants from the same family. One aggressively protruding and the other trying to bring peace, colour and beauty to our lives. I then thought to myself that this is how some people behave and even some families. On one side you have the defensive and aggressive and on the other side you have beautiful and peaceful. The difference between the plants and us humans is that we can choose. Continue to pray, bless, power healing, peace, hope and love to all and wear your Friday smile.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick