The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 64
Good morning everyone and welcome once again to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens. Another beautiful morning. Yesterday as we travelled around on our garden tour we saw the first rose of summer, peace, just after blooming. A young rose just after being planted last year in place of an old mammy rose that died the circle of life. So today I think it is fitting that I talk to you about peace. It is often said that one act of peace can effect peace throughout the world, just as an act of violence can touch us all. Because we are what our actions are, while we are making peace we are becoming and being peaceful and when you see the beauty and the fragrance if this beautiful rose and how it softens your heart and leads and heals you into the days and weeks ahead, that is the wish I have for you all into the future. Think peace, think flowers, think plants, think roses and inhale their fragrance and perfume and you too will come up smelling of roses. I will take a different line from Patrick Pearse when he said “the beautiful of this world hath made me sad” and I understand the circumstance it was quoted in. But, for me “the beauty of this world hath made me glad”. Be careful out there today now that rules have changed about movement, stay with the old rules for as long as you can. Don’t forget to sign in for my Mindfulness session next Monday 25th May. In the meantime, continue to pray, bless and heal each other.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick