Weekly Reflection 8.0

Soooooooo......last week was challenging!  I traveled for the first time since 9/11 and was introduced to TSA real fast, I had to work and complete my assignment for 4 classes.

Part of my trip to DC, I made it my goal to visit Arlington National Cemetary.  I'm not one to do things by myself.  Taking a tour by myself was exactly what I needed that afternoon.  I was so moved by the graves.  Graves of people (even under aged kids) that fought for this country, because they did what was right.  They did what they did to keep this country free.

Arlington National Cemetary
October 9, 2019

Me at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (October 9, 2019)

I traveled back to Kansas City that evening.  When I got off the plane--I received a flood of text messages that my grandfather had passed.  The last of my grandparents.

It hit me hard, I already had anxiety of traveling by myself, working and accomplishing school work, now this, what in the world??

At his funeral, I found out a lot about my grandfather--that he fought in the Korean War (as a teenager); came home to marry my grandmother--they spent over 56 years together--doing the right thing.

They never had a lot of money--but they spoiled us grandkids--doing the right thing.

I never went to church as a kid, but I still had a moral compass--doing the right thing (or so I thought)

As an HR director, I am famous for always presenting the most "correct-thing" to my fellow executive team.  However, I'm torn, because they don't always see the way I see things.  Sometimes the most correct is not always right (weird how that works)!

Taking the questionnaire for this week was really revealing.  Because I scored high on Balanced Processing (Being of Fair Mind) and Relational Transparency (Be Genuine).

One weakness was Internalized Moral Perspective (Doing the Right Thing).  This hit me kind of hard---like am I doing the right thing?  I think I am--but apparently, maybe I'm not.

So now I sit here--on a Friday night, determined and planning to DO THE RIGHT THING.