The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 124

Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on this July Friday morning and day 19 out of lock down. Today I am going to talk to you about “surprise”. Yesterday I was surprised with a very special gift from a client, friends of mine from our meditation group. It really filled my heart. Surprise is the starting point for gratitude. It opens our inner eye but of course the amazing fact is that everything is a gift and nothing can be taken for granted. As we begin to be grateful for the small things in life, that gratitude grows and grows and expands like ripples on the surface of a pool. When it starts off it can just be a little stone, a little surprise, a little openness, but as the ripple expands it became more alive to what it is given. More and more to the giver and more to the giving. Expectations are limitless. Life doesn’t happen to us, it responds to us and responds to our positivity. For today, surprise somebody with a little gesture and make their day and continue to pray, bless and send healing to each other and wear that smile.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick