The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary 317
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre on day 27 of our latest lock down. This morning the neighbourhood is cold with the winter freeze but soon we will experience the death of winter and the birth of spring, but also this morning in Ballinwillin we mourn the death and passing of Joe Mulcahy our neighbour, a legend in the music business and a founding member of the famous Maurice Mulcahy Band. A band that gave huge enjoyment to thousands of people worldwide. This morning our prayers are with his family, friends and neighbours. Now destiny calls Joe to a place of music where his trumpet will sound again for all our spiritual enjoyment, where his heart will always remain generous, all heavenly doors will open to his musical light as you now quietly befriend your death and you have no need to fear. You are among your own orchestra in the big band with your pure white suit you are now equal to your destiny and nearer to Earths heart. Rest in peace Joe. Continue to pray, bless and power healing to all who need it and wear your smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 186
What I am going to think about today is being a beacon to myself and a refuge and in doing so drawing close to the light within myself and shall seek no other shelter and be the me that I want to be and live in the now.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on yet another beautiful September morning and day 81 out of lock down. They say “the older you get, the wiser you get” – I wonder at times. I believe that wisdom is having inner peace in the midst of all the turmoil that is happening in our world. The agitation, the struggle, the stress, the insecurities and disorder. Wisdom, I believe, is about being open to learning from everything and everybody and between the pleasant and the unpleasant because you will encounter all. What I am going to think about today is being a beacon to myself and a refuge and in doing so drawing close to the light within myself and shall seek no other shelter and be the me that I want to be and live in the now. Continue to pray, bless and send healing to each other and wear that beautiful smile on this beautiful, fresh September morning.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 185
I am asking you all out there “where do we all belong in this beautiful country of ours?” This is what The Mindful Farmer thinks in his psychological and romantic heart. May we listen to our longing to be free. May the experiences of our belonging be generous enough for our dreams. May we arise each day with a voice of blessing whispering in our hearts. May we find harmony between soul and life. May the sanctuary of our soul never become haunted.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on another beautiful September day and day 80 out of lock down. I am asking you all out there “where do we all belong in this beautiful country of ours?” This is what The Mindful Farmer thinks in his psychological and romantic heart. May we listen to our longing to be free. May the experiences of our belonging be generous enough for our dreams. May we arise each day with a voice of blessing whispering in our hearts. May we find harmony between soul and life. May the sanctuary of our soul never become haunted. May we recognise that eternal longing that lives in all our hearts. May the kindness of your gaze look lovingly within. May we never place walls between light and ourselves and may we allow the wild beauty that exists in our beautiful country gather our minds and embrace where we belong and place all within the sacred walls of our hearts. Continue to pray, bless and send healing to each other. Live for the now. Be mindful. Be beautiful. Send blessings and healing to each other and wear your amazing smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 184
I just want to live in the complete now, slower, steadier and letting the pace perfume my mind. When I look out at the pink and purple landscape that adorns the canvas as it floats towards the blue and murmuring sea. This is the life. This is the land. This is the sea. We must all live in the present. Stop dreaming of what life might be in its differences. Enjoy the now – it is all we have. Listen in deep silence, sink into the deep peace that waits for you beyond the frantic, riotous thoughts and sights and sounds of this insane would and let us fill our hearts with compassion for ourselves and each other.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on another beautiful September morning and day 79 out of lock down. The Mindful Farmer is slowing down for a few days after 6 months of continual work and strife. I am consciously slowing down and I practice this carefully, slowing down my speech, slowing down my breathing, slowing down my walking, slowing down my talking, slowing down my eating. I just want to live in the complete now, slower, steadier and letting the pace perfume my mind. When I look out at the pink and purple landscape that adorns the canvas as it floats towards the blue and murmuring sea. This is the life. This is the land. This is the sea. We must all live in the present. Stop dreaming of what life might be in its differences. Enjoy the now – it is all we have. Listen in deep silence, sink into the deep peace that waits for you beyond the frantic, riotous thoughts and sights and sounds of this insane would and let us fill our hearts with compassion for ourselves and each other.
Continue to pray, bless and heal each other and wear your beautiful smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 183
This day 6 months ago we began on a journey into the unknown. We were all in lock down. Our world was brought to a stand still. No business. No guests in the B+B. A very distressing time both mentally and physically until 77 days ago when we opened up to guests and our meat sales from the farm and thank God it is all progressing albeit in a small and slow way. People are unsure. People are nervous especially about the unknown future but we are a resilient island nation and we will rise again and learn to live with Covid19.
Good morning everyone and welcome once again to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on another beautiful September morning and the beginning of another week and day 78 out of lock down. This day 6 months ago we began on a journey into the unknown. We were all in lock down. Our world was brought to a stand still. No business. No guests in the B+B. A very distressing time both mentally and physically until 77 days ago when we opened up to guests and our meat sales from the farm and thank God it is all progressing albeit in a small and slow way. People are unsure. People are nervous especially about the unknown future but we are a resilient island nation and we will rise again and learn to live with Covid19. Last night on TV I watched an interview with Vicky Phelan by Joe Duffy and the meaning of life and what an inspirational woman and the message I got out of her words was that there is very little limit to our ability to conquer any issue if we set our minds to it and between getting up in the morning and going to bed at night there is always hope and between stimulus and response there is always space and therein lies our potential, lies our freedom. Our choice. Our growth. It is important to remember that wise and resilient people fashion themselves.
Continue to send blessings and healing to each other and wear your beautiful smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 182
The Lords day of rest. A day of rest for your body, your mind, your brain and a day of rest from judging as for some people judging seems to be their main function in life. Today I would like you all to pray for rest and for peace. Peace for ourselves, our families, our communities, our country. Pray for all who risk their lives for peace and the health of our nation.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and Gardens on this wonderful Sunday morning in September and day 77 out of lock down. The Lords day of rest. A day of rest for your body, your mind, your brain and a day of rest from judging as for some people judging seems to be their main function in life. Today I would like you all to pray for rest and for peace. Peace for ourselves, our families, our communities, our country. Pray for all who risk their lives for peace and the health of our nation. May an unexpected serenity surprise and circle them. For all the people who enjoy the privilege of peace may they not forget their tormented brothers and sisters and while I sit here in my beautiful garden I pray that the circle of wind that peacefully blows here on this Sunday morning will wrap a cloak woven with peace, health and happiness around us all and may we always have the courage to care beyond ourselves. Continue to pray, bless and send healing to each other. For today, rest as much as possible, be careful, be mindful and wear that beautiful smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 181
As I approach the magnificent memorial which is sheltered by a beautiful plantation of oak trees which as time goes by will grow tall to clothe and warm the spiritual surrounds of this area. I am very aware and have entered with an open heart full of reverence and prayer for the loss of all. I tread softly around offering prayer and mindfulness as I ponder over the names of those inscribed, that some fresh healing may spring from the depths of the well that consumes the huge volumes of the sheets of water that are swallowed just like the aircrafts were swallowed up by the towers.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on another crisp September morning and day 76 out of lock down. I promised you yesterday I would read out a blog I wrote about my visit to Ground Zero in New York City in March 2019. It was very moving for the following reasons:-
As the morning light arrives, I awaken to the rain drops falling heavily on my 21 st floor window. The wind is howling, this is a grey day in New York City. I decide to commence my visit to Ground Zero with determination as only unique to The Mindful Farmer. As I move along the soggy streets puffed up with steam from the deep and continuous underground, I marvel at the
volume of people and all the strange faces from a multitude of backgrounds and denominations. I remind myself this is a long way from West Limerick and very different. As I reach my destination I observe the advised wings of the snow white dove surrounded by the tall towers as they almost spread out to
receive the arrival of the magnificent bird, symbolic of peace, but in this case also a deep sense of emotion and loss. As I approach the magnificent memorial which is sheltered by a beautiful plantation of oak trees which as time goes by will grow tall to clothe and warm the spiritual surrounds of this area. I am very aware and have entered with an open heart full of reverence and prayer for the loss of all. I tread softly around offering prayer and mindfulness as I ponder over the names of those inscribed, that some fresh healing may spring from the depths of the well that consumes the huge volumes of the sheets of water that are swallowed just like the aircrafts were swallowed up by the towers. I withdraw for a while into my own tranquility and endeavour to loosen my heart and pray for all sides tragically involved. Sadness engulfs me. I hold back the tears of emotion as if all who were lost here were my audience. I pray for healing and I light a mindful candle that will shine brightly on all souls who perished here in this memorial of absence and may they all enter into the beauty of eternal tranquility and spirituality where there is no more sorrow or
mourning or tears only to enjoy their return home to eternal glory. Then continue to pray, bless and send healing to each other and wear your smile.
Yours spiritually,
The Mindful Farmer
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 180
**Read all about it!**
Yes we are back doing RetrEats and commencing shortly. See our website over the next few days. We are very excited about our new collaborating partner. We are really looking forward at Ballinwillin House Farm and Gardens. I believe RetrEats are the perfect way for people to re-nourish their minds, body and soul particularly during Covid19.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on this beautiful September morning and day 75 out of lock down.
**Read all about it!**
Yes we are back doing RetrEats and commencing shortly. See our website over the next few days. We are very excited about our new collaborating partner. We are really looking forward at Ballinwillin House Farm and Gardens. I believe RetrEats are the perfect way for people to re-nourish their minds, body and soul particularly during Covid19. Society at any time but especially during these times tells us we must work, work, work and most of us do but this drive can make us very unhealthy and dispirited and be quite a destructive way of life and this way of life can thrive on fear and fear of failure, fear of losing our individuality, all kinds of fear. What I am really saying to you all out there today is “never try to justify your deeds to other people, be you, be now, be mindful, be smiling, be praying, be healing, be blessing.”
Have a beautiful day.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Dairy Day 179
Last night we had a beautiful time in the gardens. It was such a special time. So peaceful and serene. I was so aware of the silent beauty around and our listening was so attuned to the deepest silence where every sound could bring distance home. The fragrance of the night reminded me clearly - you are a child of the earth and this refreshes my heart.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on another beautiful September morning. Last night we had a beautiful time in the gardens. It was such a special time. So peaceful and serene. I was so aware of the silent beauty around and our listening was so attuned to the deepest silence where every sound could bring distance home. The fragrance of the night reminded me clearly - you are a child of the earth and this refreshes my heart. It also made me recognise that these gardens and all around are a gift and a sweetness that flows from Mother Earth. Maybe it was my inner eye enabling me to see through this silence and giving me a glimpse that infinity hides. In the simple sights that seem worn to our usual eyes. So for today, cast your usual or casual eye to all the beauty of nature around you and continue to send blessings and healing to each other and continue to pray for an end to Covid19 and wear your beautiful smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 178
Most mornings my talk to you comes from the garden and this morning during meditation I was thinking about this and why it is not a conscious decision but more of a natural draw towards Mother Natures magnetism. We usually see in the morning plants and trees and sometimes animals and when I look at the beautiful plants in the morning it fills me with joy and appreciation of the beauty around me but also the space the plants occupy. They flourish if you give them space but don’t we all.
Good morning everyone and welcome once again to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on another beautiful September morning and day 73 out of lock down. Most mornings my talk to you comes from the garden and this morning during meditation I was thinking about this and why it is not a conscious decision but more of a natural draw towards Mother Natures magnetism. We usually see in the morning plants and trees and sometimes animals and when I look at the beautiful plants in the morning it fills me with joy and appreciation of the beauty around me but also the space the plants occupy. They flourish if you give them space but don’t we all. When we feel we are in space we feel free. We have more room in our hearts for others. We open up for hospitality. We open up to give to others and all this leads to new possibilities and friends. Often times new ideas and all possibilities can be imprisoned inside our hearts, inside ourselves and even inside our own homes but things can always change if we open up in space and allow what and who we take into our hearts to change us for the better. My parents back in West Limerick would always say “if there is no room in the heart then there is no room in the house”.
Have a beautiful September day. Be mindful. Be careful. Continue to pray, heal and send blessings to all and wear your smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 177
Well the news for today is that The Mindful Farmer is bubbling and bursting with an inside happiness in his heart, well, more than the ordinary way. Yesterday I was reunited or reacquainted with an old friend and not old in that way, barely half my age, but the joining of our spiritual and kindred soul was mind moving and very powerful.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on this lovely September morning and day 72 out of lock down. Well the news for today is that The Mindful Farmer is bubbling and bursting with an inside happiness in his heart, well, more than the ordinary way. Yesterday I was reunited or reacquainted with an old friend and not old in that way, barely half my age, but the joining of our spiritual and kindred soul was mind moving and very powerful. When we were together in the gardens the energy that was blowing around in the atmosphere was very powerful and very healing and now we are looking forward to collaborating together to design programmes that will be suited especially to improving the minds, bodies and souls of all the people and it made it very clear to me why I have devoted the gardens at Ballinwillin House to mindfulness. I feel so energised and it made me think that every time we reach out from inside our heart to someone else’s pain, despite our fears, we nurture a love that becomes increasingly unconditional and the barriers between us and others dissolve. Continue to pray, continue to send blessings and healing to each other and wear your beautiful and unconditional smile. Be mindful, be beautiful and open.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 176
I am sure that some of us say on Monday morning or evening “how am I going to face into another week” and many times this is true but here’s an idea – think of a visit to a museum and what do you find there? The most cherished and valuable items from all over the world and from every age and dating back millions of years.
Good evening everyone and welcome once again to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on another Monday, the beginning of yet another week in our beautiful month of September and day 71 out of lock down. I am sure that some of us say on Monday morning or evening “how am I going to face into another week” and many times this is true but here’s an idea – think of a visit to a museum and what do you find there? The most cherished and valuable items from all over the world and from every age and dating back millions of years. What are these mosaics made of? Mostly broken or damaged items of stone, glass, canvas, all broken into small pieces “but” arranged artistically. So there’s the message for you all on this Monday in September. Next time you feel a little broken, pick up the pieces of your life and think “how might I put them together again in a new and more beautiful way”
Hope you had a lovely day!
Continue to pray, continue to bless each other and send healing to each other and wear your lovely smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 175
So it is Sunday and another day of relative ease and rest to heighten our spiritual awareness which can only be reached in the quietness of our hearts and our souls and to live in the now and the silence away from the world and noise around us. In order for us to be connected to all that is around us, the earth, nature, animals, people, we first need to be connected with ourselves in our own company.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on day 70 out of lock down. So it is Sunday and another day of relative ease and rest to heighten our spiritual awareness which can only be reached in the quietness of our hearts and our souls and to live in the now and the silence away from the world and noise around us. In order for us to be connected to all that is around us, the earth, nature, animals, people, we first need to be connected with ourselves in our own company. We need to recognise that everyone and every thing is related to everyone and every thing around us because the divine is living in each and every one of us. So for today, on this Sunday, let us absorb the beauty of every one and every thing that is around us because this beauty will pass. Have a lovely, quiet, peaceful and mindful Sunday and live in the now with yourself because to love others you must firstly love yourself and be happy with yourself.
Continue to pray, bless and send healing to each other and wear that smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 174
This morning I would like to talk to you about kindness as yesterday I met some very kind and warm people. When people are kind to you , you feel understood and seen. There is no judgement or harshness directed towards you. Kindness is soft and gracious. It requires nothing back for itself and resonates with your soul and heart. Kindness casts a different light, an evening light that has the depth of colour and patience to illuminate what is rich within you.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on day 69 out of lock down. This morning I would like to talk to you about kindness as yesterday I met some very kind and warm people. When people are kind to you , you feel understood and seen. There is no judgement or harshness directed towards you. Kindness is soft and gracious. It requires nothing back for itself and resonates with your soul and heart. Kindness casts a different light, an evening light that has the depth of colour and patience to illuminate what is rich within you. All human hope is based on the instinct that at the deepest level, intimate. Kindness holds huge sway. What is lovely and important to remember is that something deep in all our hearts and souls depends on the presence of kindness and it can soothe and heal all within our world. So today show kindness to all around you and who you meet. Continue to pray, bless and send healing to each other and wear that smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 173
Another meditative morning walk through the fields and on passing all my fallen trees the stinging pain of loss rifted through my mind and body but as I walked onwards I admired all the younger trees and beautiful animals and birds all interacting with each other. It became very clear that nature has immense power, both to nurture life and to destroy life but this morning I felt its vigour is hugging me back to forgiveness for her recent actions.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on day 68 out of lock down. Another meditative morning walk through the fields and on passing all my fallen trees the stinging pain of loss rifted through my mind and body but as I walked onwards I admired all the younger trees and beautiful animals and birds all interacting with each other. It became very clear that nature has immense power, both to nurture life and to destroy life but this morning I felt its vigour is hugging me back to forgiveness for her recent actions. This morning I could feel the spirituality of nature all around me with its tapestry of faith, compassion and love and it is saying to me that the health of our nation and the wellbeing of our people is measured according to our harmony with nature. The fresh air we breathe in has a penetrating potency and will infuse all believers with the dew of hope. Continue to pray, bless and send healing to each other, be mindful and wear that smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 172
Earlier this morning when I was out in the fields I could not help but notice how heavy the dew of the morning was but also how refreshing and fresh it is as I trod through the grass loving my work on nature which was very visible. It is a wonderful and pure time of the morning and a great time to compose oneself for the approaching day and wrap oneself with a warmth and protection.
Good morning everybody and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on day 67 out of lock down. Earlier this morning when I was out in the fields I could not help but notice how heavy the dew of the morning was but also how refreshing and fresh it is as I trod through the grass loving my work on nature which was very visible. It is a wonderful and pure time of the morning and a great time to compose oneself for the approaching day and wrap oneself with a warmth and protection. The dew refreshes the grass and the flowers during the stillness of the night. We too should wake each morning from our own dew of nightly rest and awaken refreshed, revitalised with a clear mind and relaxed, peaceful soul, mindful of all that is important around you. Continue to pray, bless and send healing to each other and wear that smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 171
This morning as I was doing morning meditation in the garden the birds were busy getting their orchestra tuned up. They were all flurrying around and the deer in their curiosity were looking on waiting for the music to begin but the wild boar were not tuning in to the concert, they just wanted their breakfast.
Good morning to you all out there and welcome once again to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on day 66 out of lock down. This morning as i was doing morning meditation in the garden the birds were busy getting their orchestra tuned up. They were all flurrying around and the deer in theier curiosity were looking on waiting for the music to begin but the wild boar were not tuning in to the concert, they just wanted their breakfast. When you sit and listene and observe to all that is going on around you and in nature you realise such marvels are unfolding, wonders beyond our dreams, all we need to do is accept these wonders with a grateful and joyous spirit and a loving heart to yield abundantly. So for today, tune in to the music of nature all around you and continue to pray for an end to Covid19 and send blessings and healing to each other and wear your beautiful smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 170
Today is the beginning of a new month and my favourite month for many reasons and I will explain why over the coming 30 days. Firstly, I always associate it with the harvest, the fruits of the farm and garden and it always reminds me of my place in harmony with nature and the universe. For the past six months of the Covid19 era I have really enjoyed the garden and farm here at Ballinwillin House. There were times when it was tough, barren, empty and silent and we had 8 days of storms and outrageous damage but now in the calm of September we are sowing seeds of joy again.
Good morning everyone and welcome once again to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on day 65 out of lock down. Today is the beginning of a new month and my favourite month for many reasons and I will explain why over the coming 30 days. Firstly, I always associate it with the harvest, the fruits of the farm and garden and it always reminds me of my place in harmony with nature and the universe. For the past six months of the Covid19 era I have really enjoyed the garden and farm here at Ballinwillin House. There were times when it was tough, barren, empty and silent and we had 8 days of storms and outrageous damage but now in the calm of September we are sowing seeds of joy again. Seeds of beauty, love, happiness and full of hope and courage. We will learn to grow from this six months experience, we will joy, we will harvest, we will heal mentally and psychologically but we must observe with reverence the inner correctedness between the garden, the harvest and the September of our life and we must join in and be part of the garden of the universe, the creators garden. So today, continue with deep prayer. Send blessings and healing to each other and be bursting with September joy and hope and harvest – it can make the world and wear a September smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 169
Recently all the talk from all the people we meet is “when is all this Covid business going to end” and a very good friend of mine said yesterday that she finds it very sad and very depressing to see all the people wearing masks and referred to Covid as a plague. Now this person in her line of business is meeting and greeting thousands of people every day and is finding it difficult to cope and she asked me to ask everyone out there for an end to this plague and to spread the word. She implored me to pray for this end and to bless and send blessings to each other.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on day 64 out of lock down. It is the start of another week and the end of another month. Recently all the talk from all the people we meet is “when is all this Covid business going to end” and a very good friend of mine said yesterday that she finds it very sad and very depressing to see all the people wearing masks and referred to Covid as a plague. Now this person in her line of business is meeting and greeting thousands of people every day and is finding it difficult to cope and she asked me to ask everyone out there for an end to this plague and to spread the word. She implored me to pray for this end and to bless and send blessings to each other. She explained that to bless is engraved in our hearts and she said whether we understand it or not matters very little, whether we agree or disagree makes no difference. In our hearts we know it. We are blessed and then called to bless, to say good things, to radiate goodness from the core of our being. I firmly believe of we pray earnestly enough for the end of this plague it will work and we can return to live in harmony with the universe. I would like to thank my great friend for reminding me of this yesterday. Send blessings and healing to each other and return our new world to us as a caring, mindful and peaceful world.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 168
Today I am thinking in particular about my roses. Like us all their life is on hold also as if in sympathy with us over Covid19. I have never seen my roses, all 105 of them, so withdrawn but they have given so much over the years, colour, fragrance, beauty, they just give, give, give. It gives me great personal ease and comfort to rest here and admire this beauty.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on this very pleasant Sunday morning and day 63 out of lock down and as always on a Sunday we rest as much as possible on the Lords day and I always like to spend quite a bit of time in the garden meditating and admiring the beauty that surrounds me. Today I am thinking in particular about my roses. Like us all their life is on hold also as if in sympathy with us over Covid19. I have never seen my roses, all 105 of them, so withdrawn but they have given so much over the years, colour, fragrance, beauty, they just give, give, give. It gives me great personal ease and comfort to rest here and admire this beauty. No one can take this time from me and at this present moment I am living completely in the now and no higher destiny is possible than to live our own lives, be in our own time and take up our own place and smell the roses. So on this beautiful Sunday, let us all take time to smell the roses and continue to pray, bless and send healing to each other and wear that smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 167
Earlier in my blogs I referred to how missing our guests at Ballinwillin House and how we were looking forward to having them back and yes they are coming back and this morning we had the usual beautiful experience of chatting with our lovely guests over breakfast.
Good morning everyone and welcome to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on day 62 out of lock down. It is a lovely, beautiful and fresh morning here on the farm and in the gardens, it is that special autumn crisp freshness and nit was a joy to savour earlier in the fields. Earlier in my blogs I referred to how missing our guests at Ballinwillin House and how we were looking forward to having them back and yes they are coming back and this morning we had the usual beautiful experience of chatting with our lovely guests over breakfast. We were talking about their lives, they about ours and the farm and gardens etc and when they left to go about their staycation I thought about the goodness of these people, their contribution towards our economy, their contribution to life and I could not but be taken and impressed by the vitality and courage towards life, their presence just bestowed softness, gentility and blessings to all around and I say to myself today through these kinds of people we can live our life as a blessing. So for today you out there just blow a little softness, kindness and blessings to all around you and wear that smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick