The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 329

Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre on day 39 of our latest lock down. I was really impressed with Marie Louise O’Donnell on the Brendan O'Connor show recently and I was delighted with their views on ancestry and prayer. From childhood I have always relied heavily on the spirituality of my ancestors and I speak and pray to them daily on my Thinking Path and on the farm. They are my advisors and guardians and I firmly believe that we are all planned and dreamed about long before we are born. It is wonderful to hear of prayer and the power of prayer. It is of great benefit to people and a wonderful source of inner healing. Up to this pandemic the world only talked about technology and new found wealth but in the midst of all this so called social progress there is a huge emptiness and loneliness in us all. We are all experts on all issues, acquired goods and possessions we don’t even want but worst of all we have unlearned the grace of belonging and presence. All this has led to the demise of prayer and time for prayer and people are stranded on the shore of emptiness and doubt. Gone are our rituals of community and family. We are a proud, warm Celtic people who crave rituals and celebrations, it is time to return to prayer and become more than we have been and allow all that is false to fall away. Continue to pray, bless and power healing to all who need it and wear your smile.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick