Welcome to Neverland

 

“She’s gone to Neverland Peter, and you can visit her anytime you want”

“How?”

“By believing”

Finding Neverland

 

Funny how when you least expect it something pops up in your mind, isn’t it? Funny how your mood swings from being outrageously happy to inconsolably sad in the blink of an eye. Funny, the power your mind has, you know. It’s your greatest gift actually…..

You know the things that your mother used to tell you only happened in the movies? They kind of stay with you. No matter how grown up you get, you always come back to that one place, in that one time which gives you that special feeling deep down within yourself, a place where I guess, it’s just you. Untethered. Unchained. Free. At peace. I call that place Neverland.

 

Yeah Neverland from Peter Pan. One of my favourite stories as a child. I mean come on it had pirates, Indians, a crocodile and a boy who (like me) refuses to grow up! I would have killed to have one day to spend with Peter!. That’s when I realised, we are ALL Peter. All of us have that one special place, that Neverland in us. We just need to find it.

 

So an obvious question guys….what or where is Neverland? The answer is anywhere you want it to be. In the pages of a book, somewhere in the verses of a song, maybe a smell you really like or the sound of someone’s voice. Anything that reminds you of a time and place where you feel content, defined…..where you feel YOU. As in the poem “Leisure”

 

“What is this life, so full of care?

We have no time to stand and stare?”

 

You see mate, when you do that, when you just stand and stare, you’ll somehow realize that there’s a lot going on even when nothing’s going on. When you do, you’ve found Neverland. Trust me, you’ll like it. Go on then. Stop reading this and LOOK!

 

The Bilge Master