Today was my last day on the job.

I've never had to leave a positive situation. Usually there's broken hearts and/or pink slips involved. There's a period of anguish, followed by pain, then anguish again followed by pain. As time passes we come to grips (hopefully) with the situation, and we start to dig. We start to look for some meaning or lesson. And it's not hard to find. Turns out we made the situation much more complicated than it had to be. If we're smart we'll find a way to remember it. Maybe play taxidermist, take it and put it on a shelf so we'll never forget. All that said, none of it really applies in this situation.

I feel no pain nor anguish. No need to dig, because the lessons have already been tattooed on my senses. I'll wear it around my neck like a crucifix. So in moments of silence it's there for me to grab, bow my head and give thanks.

Labels: change, life