The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 93

Good morning everyone and welcome once again to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens. 93 days of changing experiences and these experiences we feel almost on an hourly basis at Ballinwillin House in what can only be described as very challenging times for everyone right across the world. I take great solace from the gardens at Ballinwillin House which I have devoted to Mindfulness. These gardens I have built and created with my own bare hands and that gives me great joy and solace when I come and rest there. So this morning I would like to discuss “creativity” with you. Creativity is a way of living that is open to us all because it awakens the spirit within us. In school and in life we are taught the opposite “that creativity is only for the elitist few”. Of course in every generation there are some very especially talented artists whose works bring great pleasure and joy. But if we put these great artists on a pedestal to the “exclusion” of everyone else we can “destroy” the creative gifts in the rest of us. If we do that we “destroy” our “validity” as a people and more especially on island people famous for our “creativity”. Not every artist is a special kind of person “but every person is a special kind of artist”. So for today, nurture your special kind of creativity and pray for its development in the quiet garden of your life and continue to bless and heal each other and wear your lovely smile.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick