The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 389

Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre on day 99 of our latest lock down. This morning I am going to indulge in The Mindful Immersion Exercise. This exercise is all about escaping from the constant stress and strivings of our daily routines and cultivating an appreciation, contentment in being. The challenge here is to choose a job, a chore, that you don't particularly like and in my case it is painting. So what I try to do is to relax into it, try to enjoy it and get into the proper frame of mind and immerse myself in it. What I find with jobs like this, I actually end up enjoying it which always leads to a happy day and when I finish the job I always stand back and enjoy the beauty of what I have achieved. I then say to myself with a little smile "well done Patrick" A personal triumph. Continue to pray, bless and power healing to all who need it and wear your smile.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick