The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 293

Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre on day 3 of our latest lock down. At this time of year as it is beginning, The Mindful Farmer likes to ease into it in solitude, silence and with nature. I always regard it as a mystical time of year when we are surrounded by the wonders of the world. Nature is one of the great wonders of the world and it is greatly at rest now. The leaves have left the trees bare. Sometimes when I think about the bare trees and leaves I think the leaves measure our years. They are gone as the days are gone and the bare branches silently speak of a new year slowly advancing its foliage, its buds and its fruit. Our lives, like the trees, have their seasons. We have down times, empty times, but these are all necessary as they make way for new beginnings. May this year, a year we need it most of all, be full of new foliage, new buds and new fruit. That is my hope and prayer for all in 2021 and this can be better achieved through prayer and devotion helping people in need. Continue the good work and have a beautiful, fruitful and relaxing day and wear your smile.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick