It’s amazing the difference a week can make. Since my last entry, my life has taken a twist, a turn, and then jumped through a hoop. Or at least it feels that way.
In yachting, your entire life can change in a moment. As one of my crewmates once said, in comparing yachting to living and working a “normal” life & job, in yachting, one person (normally your Captain) can make a decision, for any reason at all, and tell you, “Um, yes, I know you haven’t been given any warning, but as of tomorrow, you will have no job, no home, and you may even have to hop on a flight to somewhere half-way across the world. Tomorrow. Ok? Yeah. Buh-bye.” Because in yachting there are no rules or regulations, just the end-all, be-all of the man (sometimes woman) in charge. And this is pretty much what has happened on my boat. The new Captain started this past week and brought on his crew from his old boat, eliminating my entire crew. I was “lucky” enough to be given the opportunity to stay, but upon meeting the new crew, I opted to bow out. One of my crewmates literally was given an 8-hour notice to pack & leave the boat. Pretty harsh, but he too, is now happy about it, as staying would have been miserable.
I have only been off the boat for 32 hours, but in that time, I have never felt so wonderfully taken care of before. Before I hardly even had a chance to tell anyone, I was receiving phone calls and emails of friends telling me they knew of a job, or were going to help me look. A friend offered her place for me to stay in for the weekend, which is where I sit now, with a crewmate, and an adorable kitty companion named Maya. I have also received a few actual job offers from old Captains and old crew I have worked with prior. I am going to be all right, this is clear.
As I see it, there are two ways of looking at this situation. One is that I am now jobless, homeless, and have an endless abyss in front of me, in which I am not entirely clear on where I am headed to next. Or two, I am completely free to create and attract the next wonderful opportunity and chapter in my life. And it can be anything I want. Both one and two are true, but I am going to focus on two, and create something amazing. To be honest, I was feeling ready for a change, and in this case, change came to me. It came to all of us involved with my boat, whether we wanted it or not. So I am lucky that I wanted it, even if I wasn’t necessarily ready for it at that moment. Since we cannot control the timing of the Universe, we can simply choose to either fight it, or flow with it. So here I flow.
My gratitude today goes out to Debbie for hosting the chef and myself in her lovely oasis of a home. I am grateful to have a cute cuddly kitty around for a few days. I am grateful for friends and colleagues who have my best interest in mind. And I am grateful for having had a wonderful experience on my boat for the past year plus, working and living with an amazing group of people that I will never forget. For this and so much more, Thank You.
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