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 646
This time of year brings back a flow of memories. They can be great, they can be sad, but the truth is there is something real about them no matter the circumstances and they all relate to love.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre. We are in the time of year that everyone likes or wants to be at home no matter where we are in life or in the world. My favourite thing to do at this time of year is to revisit the fields where I was born and reared in West Limerick and to rewalk the double ditches where we played and picked the fruits from the apple and plum trees or to walk along the river where all my mindful dreams were born. The essence of these thoughts and dreams was love. Love for the natural home, home of the heart, home of the soul. This time of year brings back a flow of memories. They can be great, they can be sad, but the truth is there is something real about them no matter the circumstances and they all relate to love. So, this Christmas week be with someone you love be it family, friends or spiritual love and when you do you will always be home and in the now. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 645
If we take the time to listen deeply, see deeply and feel deeply with our inner ear, our inner eye and our inner heart then we can transform our lives.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. This morning, early, as the day broke I was really taken by the birdsong. I know that the weather is mild and beautiful for December but this was special and I thought "isn't it wonderful that we can appreciate the gifts of vision and hearing fully". When we take time to become absolutely conscious of our powers and abilities we can experience all kinds of wonder in our lives including listening and seeing. If we take the time to listen deeply, see deeply and feel deeply with our inner ear, our inner eye and our inner heart then we can transform our lives. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your Monday smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 644
I know on this special Sunday before Christmas that my grateful attitude will take me to peaceful and heavenly places. My wish for this Christmas period is for all of you out there to be happy and peaceful and to live by faith and not by sight.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. Another Sunday morning and a beautiful one it is. As I gaze out my window of wonder I give thanks for the gift of this day, for the beautiful gardens, trees and the wonderful animals as they look up at me. I know on this special Sunday before Christmas that my grateful attitude will take me to peaceful and heavenly places. My wish for this Christmas period is for all of you out there to be happy and peaceful and to live by faith and not by sight. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your Sunday smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 643
Each day we learn by going where we have to go and by doing what we have to do
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. Earlier today, during morning meditation I was taking a look back over the year of 2021. It was a year that brought much hardship, family illness and overall a lot of darkness but yet we all kept praying and giving thanks and the year isn't over yet. We still have time to rediscover our inner strength to see the beauty in all the great people in our family and those who we are in daily contact with. All these people will spread joy, light and beauty deep into our hearts and from there we will find our true selves. Each day we learn by going where we have to go and by doing what we have to do. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 642
We must believe we have this power and we must believe that we all have the power to bless and heal each other so do so today and every day and send this power to all who need it
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. We all think from time to time about cures for all types of illnesses, the sorrows and all the crimes of humanity. The cure for all our problems lie within one word, LOVE. It is this divine vitality that produces and restores life but love can also give each and every one of us the power of working miracles. We must believe we have this power and we must believe that we all have the power to bless and heal each other so do so today and every day and send this power to all who need it and wear your Friday smile. It is in the shelter of each other that we, the people, live. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your Friday smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 641
My thoughts are with all people who will be missing loved ones either lost or away, families who can't feed themselves for Christmas and the homeless. All these people need help from us all and before we get wrapped up in the frenzie of the next ten days we all need to help in some way.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. We are now heading fast into this Christmas season. My thoughts are with all people who will be missing loved ones either lost or away, families who can't feed themselves for Christmas and the homeless. All these people need help from us all and before we get wrapped up in the frenzie of the next ten days we all need to help in some way. Someone we know that is in need of any type of assistance, to be present with someone who needs our help, to wrap someone in a hug or share a Christmas dinner with. Be kind to all, power healing and prayers to all who need it and wear your Thursday smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 640
A breath of fragrance comes over me because I know I am united in the ultimate friendship and I let the envy, hatred and malice flow on and away.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. In all our lives fears of evil batter and storm our families and friends but with prayer and holding the right hand of God I retreat to my gardens here at Ballinwillin House and the gardens in my mind. There, I see the beautiful trees and flowers. A breath of fragrance comes over me because I know I am united in the ultimate friendship and I let the envy, hatred and malice flow on and away. What we all tend to forget is that the power of The Almighty will punish with a leveling hand. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your Wednesday smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 639
My wish and prayer for this day is that we might all learn from the wise words learned at the feet of our Mums.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. Today was a very tough day for our family in particular from a health point of view and all I can do is pray and be thankful to God because I know in the end He will balance it out. Today I dwell on the beautiful words of my late Mam "be good, be simple, be kind." These are her sweet and valuable words and today, seven decades on, they ring very clear in my mind, the words learned on my mothers lap. My wish and prayer for this day is that we might all learn from the wise words learned at the feet of our Mums. Continue to pray, bless, power heal and peace to all who need it and wear your Tuesday smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 638
When we stop and think, there is so much in this world for us all, if we only have eyes to see it, hearts to love it and hands to gather it to ourselves.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. It is the beginning of yet another week and a week that has so much happiness in store for us all. When we stop and think, there is so much in this world for us all, if we only have eyes to see it, hearts to love it and hands to gather it to ourselves. Have a great week and continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your Monday smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 637
When we pray, we enter into a world of protection where God and all the angels are caring for us and that is why we must live by faith and not by sight and inhale the wonder and magic of this day.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. It is another Sunday morning here at Ballinwillin House. A misty morning outside but when I retreat to the warmth of the kitchen and all the family having a warm, hearty and healthy breakfast together in peace and harmony I think quietly to myself how lucky I am and I am very thankful for this life, especially as the world can be in an abnormal, fallen condition. We as a people can take beautiful moments for granted. Submerged beneath this world are mysteries too vast to understand and comprehend. When we pray, we enter into a world of protection where God and all the angels are caring for us and that is why we must live by faith and not by sight and inhale the wonder and magic of this day. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your Sunday smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 636
Regrets wont change the past and worry will not predict the future but appreciation and thankfulness can make anything special. It is important that we heed each of them and live in peace and harmony and in rhythm with Mother Nature.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. We all tend to spend a lot of time worrying about issues that may never happen and continue to beat ourselves up about them. When we give thanks every day for what we have in this life it always makes for a better day. Regrets wont change the past and worry will not predict the future but appreciation and thankfulness can make anything special. It is important that we heed each of them and live in peace and harmony and in rhythm with Mother Nature. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 635
True glory is not in never failing but in rising every time you fall.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. I was asked recently when giving a talk to a group of busy executives how I would define courage as many of them had courageous decisions to make regularly. I replied with some words from my Granduncle Jack "courage is, with love, the greatest gift." We are all defeated many times but if we accept defeat with cheerfulness and learn from it and then try another way, then we will find fulfillment. That's courage! True glory is not in never failing but in rising every time you fall. Now it is time to go to the well says Jack and fetch some lovely spring water. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your Friday smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 634
The most wonderful gifts are peace and happiness and served up in the now. Be happy with ourselves and we will feel more joyful if we honor what God has given us in this life. Be thankful and there is no need to model ourselves in the image of others.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. At this moment all talk is about Christmas and there is no doubt that it is a wonderful time of the year for most people, especially children. All the talk is "what are you getting from Santa" or about the gifts you will receive from family and friends. A lot of imagery is around expensive gifts that are difficult to find or get but it need not be like this. The most wonderful gifts are peace and happiness and served up in the now. Be happy with ourselves and we will feel more joyful if we honor what God has given us in this life. Be thankful and there is no need to model ourselves in the image of others. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it for this season and onwards and wear your Thursday smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 633
This is our time here on earth and it is up to us all to choose our destinies. What happens here is our responsibility. It is not a matter of doing great things - it is a matter of doing and saying the little things with responsibilities, courage, happiness and love.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. We are living in stormy weather conditions at present with storm Barra raging all around us but it has taught us to slow down, stop traveling and stay inside and escape from the competitive, consumer driven world. It was lovely today to be with the grandchildren and see the world through their loving eyes and little ways of happiness. This is our time here on earth and it is up to us all to choose our destinies. What happens here is our responsibility. It is not a matter of doing great things - it is a matter of doing and saying the little things with responsibilities, courage, happiness and love. We all need to take time out to be with ourselves so that we can give better to those who matter and may our senses be windows of wonder. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 632
May this illness shape a new space in your heart and open up your beautiful life to a new and wonderful world.
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat center. It is very true that storm Barra has visited our country in a rage this morning and I pray for the safety of everyone but another storm has also struck this morning. Someone very, very close and dear to The Mindful Farmer has been visited by a serious illness and I am asking you for all your prayers and power to send healing in our direction so that we can keep faith with our loved one who dwells with us in our sanctuary and in the warmth and healing of time this visiting wound will gradually mend and heal and bring a new freedom like the dew of the dawn. May this illness shape a new space in your heart and open up your beautiful life to a new and wonderful world. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your beautiful smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 631
There is a quiet light that shines within every heart but it will always illuminate our minds to see beauty and possibilities all around and to have life and to do what we are really meant to do in life and be who we are meant to be.
Good morning and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre. There is a lot of history and activities surrounding the 6th of December. It is the anniversary of the signing of the 1921 treaty in London. In 1995 we imported wild boar back into Ireland that had been extinct since the middle ages and we continue to farm them at Ballinwillin House. Also this is the time for celebration of world soil. All these happenings in our own life and in history are reminding us that there is a quiet light that shines within every heart but it will always illuminate our minds to see beauty and possibilities all around and to have life and to do what we are really meant to do in life and be who we are meant to be. It will nourish, enfold and sustain us. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 630
All of us, from time to time, have made decisions that we regret but when we rely on our heart and our gut and then reflect on our sense of right or wrong and think less about what others may think about us or what they would choose then we are totally free to make good and proper decisions
Good morning and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre. It is a beautiful, sunny December morning here this morning. Another beautiful Sunday and time for prayer and reflection. A time for thinking back over choices and decisions we have made in life but we all know that there are no perfect decisions. All of us, from time to time, have made decisions that we regret but when we rely on our heart and our gut and then reflect on our sense of right or wrong and think less about what others may think about us or what they would choose then we are totally free to make good and proper decisions, true to our heart and gut and ones that are right for us. The seeming truth can entrap the wisest of men. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and prayer to all who need it and wear your Sunday best smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 629
We must always believe that we have individual gifts and it is our duty to fulfill these gifts to the fullest no matter what the wind blows into our faces. Get out there, enjoy the wind and rain and Mother Earth will guide you along the way with all your gifts.
Good morning and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre. It is a very bleak, winter, December morning out there. The wind is howling and the rain is pouring down. Mornings like this make feeding and looking after the animals very challenging but isn't it great to be able to. As my Mam used to always say "if life is getting difficult for any of us its true life, it is not easy for any of us but what of that? We must have perseverance and confidence in ourselves". We must always believe that we have individual gifts and it is our duty to fulfill these gifts to the fullest no matter what the wind blows into our faces. Get out there, enjoy the wind and rain and Mother Earth will guide you along the way with all your gifts. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your Saturday smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 628
when you gaze at something mindfully, it stills us into a peace, an inner peace, and in this beautiful place we find ourselves and do at last what we came here for and waste our hearts on fear no more.
Good afternoon and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre. December is a great month for candles, lights, christmas trees and celebrations but my great childhood memories always take me back to my times sitting on the bank of the river and listening to the waters flowing and when you gaze at something mindfully, it stills us into a peace, an inner peace, and in this beautiful place we find ourselves and do at last what we came here for and waste our hearts on fear no more. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and peace to all who need it and wear your Friday smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 627
Today, take a little time to dream. It is like hitching your wagon to a star.
Good morning and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre. Now as we are in December, many of us think back to our childhood and the excitement of Santas coming, picking out our toys and putting them on his list before we post it in full and natural innocence. We also recall the occasional snow on the trees, highlighted by the red berries of the holly tree. It is a lovely sensation to take a little time out of our day for magic memories and to become aware of the spirits movement within us. We learn to develop a sense of wellbeing within us and it helps us to make better and more relaxed decisions but most importantly it helps us to listen to God's voice with us. This voice will help us relax to the rhythm of life and its ever changing moods and enable us to face all the personal, social and spiritual challenges and allow us to make the most of life's wonderful opportunities. Today, take a little time to dream. It is like hitching your wagon to a star. Continue to pray, bless, power healing and prayer to all who need it and wear your smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick