Leap and a net will appear.
Today I leaped [leapt? -- nah...].
I have been in Florida long enough. I moved here for the job. The job has been getting increasingly frustrating and decreasingly fulfilling. It’s no longer enough to keep me here. And my family has wanted me to return to Kentucky ever since I left. So today I turned in my resignation.
Given the current economy you might well think I must be crazy to become voluntarily unemployed. [As if you needed another reason to think I'm crazy.] That’s right, not only have I quit, I don’t yet have another job lined up. And I’ll have to sell my house down here. And… and… and… there is just so much more that I am overwhelmed.
Still, scary as it is, it feels right.
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. ~Robert Frost
P.S. For you sticklers [like YOU, you know] I know the quote I used at the top is usually stated, “Leap and the net will appear.” But that totally would have screwed the pun I wanted to use in the title. And my puns are often more important than total accuracy in quotations.
Let's do Something Cheap and Superficial 
Puns are King…
I don’t think you’re crazy…ok, let me rephrase that…I don’t think that leaping to a place where you want to be is crazy.
I moved cross-country the same way. It felt right…of course, I’m crazy too so what do I know?
What do you do now? Enjoy where you landed, of course! ~Tim
Tim,
I don’t think you are crazy either. I have done this a few times. Yes, it is hard in so many ways, but when you are one of those *crazy* creative types, nothing but following our hearts will do. Life is too short to not live a meaningful one.
I wish you strength and peace through this time.
Thank you, Anne. ~Tim
I sincerely hope it all works out. I’m very sure that you won’t regret the move, even if it means changing your lifestyle. Watch out for that gang initiation! (My kids do that too? They must learn it from MTV.)
Thanks, GP. If the initiation is a verbal “jumping in” then I’ve already been through it. ~Tim
I firmly believe that one must follow one’s heart in life — in all things. So follow yours, and you will land where you are supposed to. It takes courage to take risks, but without taking risks, life’s kinda flat. Keep us posted on your move back to the real south. Peace…
Thanks, Linda. I’m looking forward to being back in the real south. It’s so odd that I have to travel north to get there from here. ~Tim
i wish you bliss. truly. i am happy for you being willing to make the leap.
Thanks, Lime. The anticipation is kinda scary, but it feels right so far. ~Tim