Lifes Little Detours

Today's detour on this journey found me questioning my values, my job and how I see this world.  My life has never been the happy fairytale perfection, no, it is more like constant work in progress. I live by a certain Moral Code and work under a strict set of Ethical Codes.  Today as I traveled along, I found myself face to face with what I feel was a major detour to my ethical code.  I work hard to do well at my job, earn a good living, and love what I do.  Those things all seemed to come to a screeching halt and I feel like the dent I took was major.  I was directed to perform a task that could be morally incorrect and definitely, as a government employee, ethically incorrect.  I compromised by making others understand that there is certain laws that govern what I do and while I could compromise on interpretations, I would not compromise on hardline dates and law.  Now I find myself sitting here wondering how do I turn this detour around and get back on the road God prepared for me.  Do you just sit back and ignore that you compromised or do you risk your job and let your management understand that what they did and how they went about it were possibly not the best way? 




Four Years ago, when I started this BLOG, I hadn't found Celebrate Recovery  Celebrate Recovery.  I have learned a lot in those four years, and that is the only reason I didn't loose it on my boss today.  Every meeting we recite the Serenity Prayer and my favorite line is "taking this world as it is... not as I would have it".  These were the words that kept me from loosing it. 


This detour was MY detour and not necessarily somebody else's.  I want everybody to live by My Codes and often forget that we all have our own.  My boss made a decision that was right for him, but not for me.  I made a decision to compromise that was right for me.  Understanding the bumps, potholes, valleys and hilltop highs of this journey help me to move forward.  Learning to face the road ahead and not retreat has helped me become successful.  Today it was a detour, tomorrow we see where God takes me - Preferably the Beach, but I'll follow wherever.


Here's a little version of me today: