The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 100

Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin Farm and gardens. Today is really a milestone in Covid19’s history. I initially started doing Facebook lives on a weekly basis but when lockdown was announced I decided I would do one every day to record what was happening on the farm and gardens and what was going on in my mind and family circumstances, initially we as a family and a team were in absolute turmoil with our business shut down and no income and no visible income initially but we didn’t sit down and do nothing. After about 40 days planning we organised to get set up with Neighbour Food markets and slowly but surely we began to do business again, nothing major but enough for survival until this pandemic ends. The big learning curve here was that everyone was in much the same situation and if not for the support of family and the team we would not have survived. So I am forever grateful to all concerned but most importantly it was a time for “big decisions”. We all know now that this came out of nowhere. We all know now that again and again we cannot predict what life may bring to us, the time of mind is hard to read. We still don’t know what form this pandemic will finally take but we must have the courage to walk out again into the unknown and trust again that our new found life will be richer and that we will lose nothing but what has already died. Perhaps the old life had lost some of its soul or the old life where once we belonged calls nothing alive in us anymore. We must come alive now and live to the full in our new world with prayers, blessings and healings and ask ourselves “are we going to be the better people now”

Continue to wear that smile.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick