The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 50

Good afternoon everyone and welcome once again to Ballinwillin House Farm. Another beautiful morning on the farm and in the garden. I firmly believe that the life at Ballinwillin House Farm is very conducive to practicing mindfulness in normal life but now especially during Covid19. Today is day 50 and earlier I did my Gratitude Meditation and then I thought about day 50 and the following thoughts came to mind:-

Am I half way there? On a journey to nowhere,

 with no lamp at my feet, can I trust who I meet?

 I thank God for the farm and pray we all come to no harm.

 To be born is to be chosen, so never let our hearts be frozen.

The Mindful Farmer, Patrick

But it is hard to believe that we survive, we struggle on at day 50. The earthquake that has lasted 50 days has really hit us and rocked our beautiful island. It has done the same to every other country - no where has escaped this massive tremor. It has brought misery, death and disaster. But it has also brought good news everywhere, acts of kindness, humanity, community. It will renew our earth, our world, that I am confident of. We now need an attitude of faith and prayer to see that the spirit is hovering over all this chaos and that new life is coming forth, and soon. We must rejoice in this suffering at our own personal level because we know that deep down suffering produces perseverance, produces character, hope and love.

Continue to pray, bless and heal each other.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick