The Never Never

Ever heard of the Never Never?
It generally refers to the Australian outback...it's a place that's remote, and vast. Its a place where men and women must be brave. Its hot and unforgiving...have a look at the movie 'Australia' and you'll get a feel for the Never Never. I think it must be a place where, because of circumstances, time just simply stops, and your most immediate need is survival. I reckon it must be a lonely place, but somewhere people have travelled before.  It feels like a place you have to get through from one stop to the next. It must be a place where it's hot and dry, barren and isolated...but some consider it magic. I think it must be a place on the cusp, maybe. You don't feel like you've truly left someplace, but at the same time you've not arrived at your destination.

Me? I just like the sounds of the words...the Never, Never. I suspect that I have been in the Never, Never this year, and have been moving through it one step at a time, looking for tracks and clues about how to move forward. Sometimes I've done that well, and sometimes not so much. I've been in the outback, and I can tell you it is easy to get lost there.

I've recently come back to Perth from a two month holiday in the US, where I'm from. When I was there, I felt 'foreign' alot. Being back in Oz, I still feel 'foreign' in many respects. Being 'in-between' I think must be characteristic of the Never, Never. It's a place where you must be tethered to something stronger than yourself, whether that's a belief, a truth or a person, or your family...to be tethered, like in the movie "Gravity", means you have a touch point, something to pull you back to centre, or at least something to keep you from flying off into space.

Tonight, I am thinking about each person who has walked with me through my own Never, Never this year. Many people, in many different ways have been my touch point and have kept me from flying off in space. Each of those people have known me for various amounts of time- but all have brought
to me a new learning about myself. Thank you all for being there, and helping me move forward to a new destination.