On loyalty
Loyalty is not something we beg for nor simply ask. Loyalty is given to us by our spouses, our family, our kids, our friends, our employees, just basically all the people around us that we are connected to either by blood, by relationships, by friendship or by work. Unfortunately not all will practice the true meaning of loyalty. What is important is to know where you stand, to know the people you can only trust and sometimes it will not be the people you expect, not even close family members. The good thing about that is you are living in reality and not within the boundaries of your ideals. It is better to accept and to be aware of how deceitful and conniving people around you could be. It excludes no one. Husbands and wives cheats on their partners, your family , of all people would only be good to you when they need you, but stabs you along with the other people that stabbed you and still stabbing you, your friends betrays your trust for unexplained principles they said they have. So like how the song goes, “Honesty is such a lonely word”, it also applies to loyalty. “Loyalty is such a lonely word”, hence they say, honesty and loyalty. They go hand in hand. In the end, the best thing about loyalty and its consequences is the fact that there are other people in your life. They give you loyalty much to your expectations. They may be a handful, but I tell you, that’s all you need.
Lesson learned: you cannot stop people in becoming the kind of person they want to be, but you can always choose either to be one of them or not. I choose not!