The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 380

Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre on day 89 of our latest lock down. Every day and every hour all over all avenues of media we are being bombarded with news of Covid19, vaccines and how they are going to combat the virus and sure, they will have a huge part to play, but very few are referring to the fact that prayer will have a huge impact and more interestingly our own catholic church and hierarchy seem to be very quiet on this fact. For us as a family and practicing catholics what has been most disappointing for us is the lack of involvement, especially locally by the clergy. In my view they should be out there in the streets, on the roadways and rural areas, blessing, healing and supporting their parishioners, in a careful and socially distanced way of course. So having said all that, it is up to each and every one of us to be kind, gracious and helpful to each other, both in families and communities, and to reach out with loving and helpful hands to heal the wounds of this pandemic and draw us in new directions of happiness and refreshment to enable us all to come alive to all that is eternal within us. Continue to pray, bless and power healing to all who need it and wear your smile.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick