The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 36

6 days of lockdown on the farm due to Covid 19. The start of another week and we will approach it with confidence. Yesterday was a very relaxing day for us all. We all walked the fields in the afternoon at different times. It was great to see the grandchildren playing in the fields just like little lambs or baby goats or baby wild boar dancing around. Then in the evening time we had a beautiful venison steak dinner washed down with a nice bottle of Canernet Franc names Clos De John Patrick from our cellar in Hungary. It was a very lovely way to finish off a pleasant day. My love of food and wine is a perfect balance for my life here at Ballinwillin House. It is a long way from growing up in West Limerick to owning a vineyard in Hungary under the Chateau Mulcahy brand. I have been very lucky in life and I am very grateful for that and that is why I practice the Gratitude Meditation a lot. I would like to think that I am always awake to the wonders of life and when I meditate all intentions and worries stop. It is a time where I can set my heart free to the field of dreams, my dreams. We can and should all dream. I can see what the gifts of years have given me and my family, things your efforts could never earn and very importantly in this pandemic, the health to enjoy who you want to be. It often feels like a mind to mirror mystery.

Continue to be safe. Pray, bless and  mind each other. Breathe in power and energy for the week ahead. I feel we are on our way.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick