She'll Be Right, Mate!

"She'll be right, mate, she'll be right!" 

Is this optimism calling? 

"She'll be right, mate, she'll be right!"

Or mere apathetic stalling? 

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I forget how many times I've heard this Aussie adage,

Meant to raise one's spirits, not intended to disparage.

When all hell breaks loose, and there's no real end in sight,

Nothing left to say but simply, "yes mate, she'll be right".

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When you're down and out and life has left you in the poo,

Lost your job, the wife's gone tropo, don't know what to do,

Can't go down the pub, because you're owing too much money,

Hard to laugh it off this time, because it just ain't funny.

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This is when you find out who your best friends really are,

They've been there before and wear the memory like a scar,

They may not be able to completely solve your plight,

But at least you know they care when they say, "she'll be right".

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In your gut you know that it'll be right in the end,

And that it's not yet the end, if things aren't on the mend,

Don't throw in the towel, when you've got a chance to fight, 

Tunnels all have exit lights, "yes mate, she'll be right".

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"She'll be right, mate, she'll be right!"

We know you're no tool.

"She'll be right, mate, she'll be right!"

Life is still brim full.

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[Australians have a great resilience and positive attitude that is infectious. This optimism seems to surface time and again when the chips are down and life is full of challenges, with no obvious solutions on the horizon. That's when "she'll be right, mate" comes rolling off the tongue and seems to instill an almost instant cocky confidence back into the most distraught soul.  This expression represents the spirit of the ANZACS and is like a battle cry to re-invigorate the most pessimistic.  Every time I hear "she'll be right, mate" I'm proud of my adopted land and how this simple expression epitomises our Ocka Aussie behaviour, expressions and metaphors.]

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The author of the above, Ken Boddie, besides being a sometime poet and occasional writer, is an enthusiastic photographer, rarely leisure-travelling without his Canon, and loves to interact with other like-minded people with diverse interests.

Ken's three day work week (part time commitment) as a consulting engineer allows him to follow his photography interests, and to plan trips to an ever increasing list of countries and places of scenic beauty and cultural diversity.