There I was sitting on the love seat, drinking a nice cup of coffee enjoying my last day of being unemployed when I heard it.  A very distinct “PING”.  The sound of a golf ball being hit by a titanium driver.  Usually the next thing you hear is the whisper of the electric golf cart taking its passengers to where their balls landed.  Not this time.  Shortly after hearing the ball being hit I could hear something coming through the trees, knocking into pine cones and then a solid “thud” of the ball hitting the ground.  Right by my patio.  I live just off of the 16th fairway.  The tee is no more than 50 yards away from the house.  At a pretty acute angle.  You would have to be a golfer on the par of me to hit that bad of a shot.  But about 3-5 people a week do it.  We have collected a little cache of about a dozen golf balls since moving in.  Amazing.

Today, as I mentioned above, is my last day of unemployment.  Tomorrow I begin a new job.  A new career.  A new challenge.  I have been out of work for 9 months.  Looking back on it, it doesn’t seem like it has been that long…but I do remember days during that 9 months when I wondered…and worried to be honest…if it would ever end.

And now it has.

There is a mixture of emotions going on.  Anxiety.  Sadness that I have to go back to work.  Wondering if I will be able to perform adequately in this new profession.

Lots and lots of things going on inside my head.  And I have the greatest of supporters…cheerleaders of the highest caliber to bolster my confidence.

But there is always that little niggling of doubt in the back of the mind, now isn’t there?

Without change, there is only death.  Change is what keeps us alive and kicking.