Loyalty

This may be a tad bit serious than my normal post, because now, I’m writing about my beliefs. This week’s theme for me has been quite centered around loyalty. I believe loyalty is one of those big words that come in small packages. I have tweeted that I am a Virgo, and I am extremely loyal. I am not extremely loyal because I am a Virgo. Loyalty is something I value greatly in life, as a lot of people of other Zodiac signs do.

In a world where politics has become more prevalent than simple acts of kindness, one cannot help but notice that these virtues in life have received so little focus and attention that if you just don’t have it in you naturally, you cannot even fake it, and you cannot even show just little amounts of it. We grow up with values, and all through our lives we practice them until it becomes second nature. This is developed early on, and will most likely stay forever. When you have it in you, it exudes to everything and everyone around you. It doesn’t appear only “sometimes”.

Such is what I feel with loyalty. It’s in my nature. I have extreme bias for my loved ones – friends or family, but not all friends and family. Such is my loyalty that even if they are wrong, I will stand up for them. Like Jonathan Livingston Seagull said, forgive them, and help them understand. I stand by my people, but I help them understand.

I seem to have been presented a situation in which I purposely have to make a choice. I chose to show my loyalty in a greater way than I have been required to in the past 5 years. In this bold act, I risked getting involved. Not getting involved would have probably been easier, and probably more popular. But I chose to get involved because in my world, if you are my friend, I got your back. I do not owe anybody for doing this act of kindness, because it is exactly that – an act of kindness.

There are people in my life I am willing to die for in a heartbeat. There are also people in my life whom I know are willing to fight on my battle field. Loyalty is simple and true. And it’s a decision that has never been more right. It actually shouldn’t even be a decision. It just is.