“He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.“ ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Recently, I’ve gained an amazing appreciation to a certain characteristic all us have the potential to hold and to lose. Feeling abrasive and non energetic, I determined to evaluate this area of my life. When I meet someone, whether it be a friend or acquaintance, I size them up. I observe. I determine my level of interaction, trust, companionship and reason with them. Loyalty is not something you just give. It is earned. I’ve met new people this year, that I have went through this process with. Amazingly, I’ve made some really great friends this year, that I am and will forever be loyal to. Good people are getting harder and harder to find, so cherish the ones that are in your life now.
Loyalty, as a general term, signifies a person’s devotion or sentiment of attachment to a particular object, which may be another person or group of persons, an ideal, a duty, or a cause. It expresses itself in both thought and action and strives for the identification of the interests of the loyal person with those of the object. Loyalty turns into fanaticism when it becomes wild and unreasoning; and into resignation when it displays the characteristics of reluctant acceptance. A man without loyalty does not exist. It stirs and arouses him, brings meaning, direction, and purpose into his life and unifies his activities.
Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. ~ Tom Robbins
I try to surround myself with positive people. It makes life so much more enjoyable. I’ve had a couple here and there this year that have the melodramatic intent on crashing the parade. For some reason I haven’t broke that off. Instinctively, my inner aura, seems to think that change is inevitable, but not determinable. So I wait in hopes of dancing in the rain, laughing when no one else will and smiling when a stranger needs it will somehow take the level to a higher ground. My hopes are always high but I do think it’s better to dream big and be let down than to dream small and achieve minutely. There’s just a chance that we’ll find better days.
I’ve realized that more recently its come to light. Once I find the people that I believe I can trust, rely on and care for – the bond of loyalty is unbreakable. Whether it is immediately returned or not, I can nurture and develop that growth of reciprocative loyalty. Sometimes life is much more than your 9-5. Love it.
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