OK, so this post will be a bit different from others, in many ways the type of t…

OK, so this post will be a bit different from others, in many ways the type of thing I would normally share on the @no more mr fat guy page, but it’s all part of this little adventure/experience, so I am putting it here… right now I am not sure what it all means exactly, so I will ponder that a little 🙂

I was walking along like I so often have these past few weeks, just really appreciating being here, being out in the open, thinking about how awesome it is to go step by step through the Australian countryside, see little details, see the sun rise and set, the moon rise and set, the ever-changing landscape…

Then, when I came across the salt lake bed, I knew I wanted to walk across it – and it was simply amazing to do so. I think I have always had a bit of thing for Australia, and the walking the lake just reminded me of movies and books I had seen and read as a child.

I stopped in the middle and took some photos and just stood there, looking around me. All around all I could see was deep blue sky, bright sun, the dried lake beds, red dirt, hills and bush.
I just had this moment where I just thought “wow, I am here, I am doing this, I am seeing this, I am experiencing this, how lucky am I?”

Then something really cheesy happened – as some of you know I learned to play the didgeridoo a few years ago, it was something of a long-term ambition. I don’t play very well, but I can get some reasonable noises out of it… well I suddenly thought I wish I had remembered to bring the didge like I had planned. Originally I had envisaged loads of spare time that included a chance to get back to practicing the didge

That’s when I jumped onto youtube and found the first video that came by searching “didgeridoo music”. and as cheesy as it sounds, I actually walked the rest of the way across the lake with the didge music playing, and that was when it happened, I just cried tears of joy and gratitude.
I
realised I was inside a perfect moment, something stirred really deep inside me, I knew I was where I am meant to me, doing what I was born to do, and becoming the person I was born to be.

That I absolutely love this country, the land, the nature, all of the amazing positives that Australia has to offer. That I belong here, absolutely belong in this country and somehow I was always meant to wind up here, make the changes I have done, and ultimately walk from Perth to Brisbane, hopefully inspiring others, hopefully doing some good in the world.

It was one of those moments that touches us, and leaves us changed in many subtle ways – some of which may not be immediately apparent.

All I know is, if you have something in your heart, something you want to pursue, then do it, while you have the chance. Stop letting fear, worry or other negatives kill those dreams.

#HAA2015 #AwesomeMoments

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