This morning was my first day back at work for the new year. I celebrated by finding out that one of my soldiers decided not to show up for work on time for the third time within a month. He'd been told that this was his last chance. I had to start paperwork to get him removed from my work section. This will not go well for him. At the very least, he will lose some rank, get pulled from the deployment that he wants. If he keeps up the behavior, he may be kicked out of the Army.
It may surprise some to know, but I have an unusually thin skin about these sorts of things. They are my guys, and I care about them very much. Care about helping them succeed and helping them make good choices. When they make bad choices, I can't help but feel the disappointment. The good news is though, I know that I am not responsible for his choices. I do what I can to lead them in the right direction, but at the end of the day, you make your own bed.
So today, the thing I'm joyful about is that we all get to make our own decisions. We are in charge of our own destiny. The choices we make are our own responsibility and we alone can change for the positive or the negative.
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