Loyalty. It is as simple as that. People nowadays do not understand the concept of loyalty. What is loyalty? Where has it gone? Why does it matter? Why is loyalty so rare and hard to achieve? And finally, who holds the key to all things loyal? So many questions cross my mind daily about the concept of loyalty. Our moral values have been completely scrutinized in these modern times, but why? Why is it that we do not prioritize loyalty as a necessity? These questions have been burning inside of me for years. And so far, this is the information I have collected and the understanding of loyalty that I have gained. So, what really is loyalty? Well, loyalty is a strong feeling of support and trust that you get from someone else. It is the glue
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Many people only think of loyalty in a sense of relationships rather than friendships or even family, but when it comes to loyalty, it is the core of all human interaction. It is not just staying faithful in a relationship. It is trust. It is commitment. It is honesty. It is all the core values of morality that should have been installed into all of us growing up. Loyalty is the umbrella for all things moral. But, since we have been installed with these moral values growing up, why is it loyalty always happens to evaporate from our moral compasses. After all, loyalty is the umbrella holding everything together …show more content…
This is the hardest of them all to achieve. If you have built the blocks of loyalty and your umbrella is stronger than any other your good right? Your loyalty has been established and you can go on and preach to others about how to attain loyalty and your path to get there. No! This is completely inaccurate. Sure you might have some legit loyalty going on, but that is only until someone exposes their human flaws and make some type of mistake and chips away at the building blocks. You must be able to forgive others in order to sustain loyalty. If you are not forgiving, that one chip of a building block could possibly make the entire tower tumble. And remember, once that tower falls it cannot be built back up. Be your own contractor and construction worker. Fix your chip that will be created at some point throughout the relationship with forgiveness and move on like nothing ever
Many people only think of loyalty in a sense of relationships rather than friendships or even family, but when it comes to loyalty, it is the core of all human interaction. It is not just staying faithful in a relationship. It is trust. It is commitment. It is honesty. It is all the core values of morality that should have been installed into all of us growing up. Loyalty is the umbrella for all things moral. But, since we have been installed with these moral values growing up, why is it loyalty always happens to evaporate from our moral compasses. After all, loyalty is the umbrella holding everything together …show more content…
This is the hardest of them all to achieve. If you have built the blocks of loyalty and your umbrella is stronger than any other your good right? Your loyalty has been established and you can go on and preach to others about how to attain loyalty and your path to get there. No! This is completely inaccurate. Sure you might have some legit loyalty going on, but that is only until someone exposes their human flaws and make some type of mistake and chips away at the building blocks. You must be able to forgive others in order to sustain loyalty. If you are not forgiving, that one chip of a building block could possibly make the entire tower tumble. And remember, once that tower falls it cannot be built back up. Be your own contractor and construction worker. Fix your chip that will be created at some point throughout the relationship with forgiveness and move on like nothing ever