Loyalty

Loyalty (n): unswerving in allegiance: faithful to a private person to whom fidelity is due; faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, or institution
Disloyalty (n): opposite of above. Seems so very sad that a definition for these words is necessary.

I’ve been feeling nostalgic recently. Nostalgic for a time when principles mattered; when others were valued; when we held ourselves and our friends to a higher moral standard. When did we quit honoring our convictions? When did we become so accepting of things such as betrayal, disloyalty, and inappropriate public behavior? When did we decide as a society that airing the personal business of others is perfectly acceptable? When did preying on the sadness of another for personal gain ceased to be horrific, and become a sign of success or popularity? When did we start turning a blind eye to manipulation? What happened to “quality over quantity”?

I thought I had more on this topic, but I don’t except to say that we cannot control our environs – only ourselves within them.

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