Monday, May 23rd,
2016
Caledon, Ontario
More Farming
"People
usually consider walking on water or on thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk
either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which
we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black,
curious eyes of a child - our own two eyes.
All is a miracle."
-Thich
Nhat Hanh
The above quote was
shared by Bob Soltys, photographer and writer, whom I met at John's Diner at
Lakewood just west of Cleveland. We went
on and on extolling the glories of moving feet through time and space.
It was today that I
had the good fortune to visit a sixty hectare farm recently purchased by a
family from our community. There, we had
kirtan and had a look at the place - walking the fields, checking out the
farmhouse, and barns. Vishal, proprietor
of the place, said "our family is going off the grid with this place. We will incorporate solar panels, have our
own water, plant fruit trees and gardens, along with bringing in a breed of
cows from India."
I offered my
congratulations for the move the family made.
They are going in the direction of 'simple living and high thinking.'
What attracted me to
this place in the Caledon area, north of Toronto, was the fact that the Trans
Canada Trail runs right at the edge of the property, apart from all the other
dazzling features of the farm. The place
is clean and it's green.
May the Source be
with you!
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