Is Loyalty Outdatet?
By lakshmi11
@lakshmi11 (278)
United States
February 18, 2011 6:13pm CST
Loyalty is one of the nicest characteristics of a human being and closely related to
reliability. A loyal person will always be loyal to himself. You can always count on such a person and he does not disappoint on purpose.- Loyalty is not to be confused with goodness,- never try to use such a person.
That loyalty is not the norm we find out when we are still children. The first friend left us and found another friend and we felt disappointed and lose some of the trust we had in other human beings. Thus loyalty stays one of the most common problems we encounter in our lives. Be it that someone else was not loyal or we ourselves were not loyal.
Humans love the new and exciting. They hope to find new experiences. - Everyone who is not loyal had a dream for something new like that.- So we can not really be angry with someone who is not loyal, because we all have dreams.
If someone is always loyal he can also stand in the way of change.Sometimes people are loyal, because they were taught to be loyal.- For instance when a woman sticks to her husband who destroys her and the family.
There are so many scandals today which came to pass just because someone was not loyal.
It might also be that people who live in good circumstances do not feel as part of a family anymore where as in the past these organizations like or the village or the country were necessary to survive.
I think we should be more loyal, because it prevents that people have no love and are cold to each other. If we are more loyal to each other, our relationships survive better and are not as easy to destroy.
4 responses
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
23 Feb 11
Loyalty can be good or bad. It depends on which organ is dictated said loyalty.
If it is the brain, things can get pretty tricky, as in your example of the loyal wife. However, if the heart is telling us to be loyal, then it is a wonderful thing, like the person who is loyal to himself, but also if a woman is loyal to her husband because they are in love.
That is the difference. If we are being loyal because we are taught to be so (the brain), then we are acting because of obedience or conformity and in such cases, we may go against what we want in fear of ridicule or even immorality. This behavior is driven by fear.
If we are being loyal because we are following our heart, then we are driven by love. Love is always good.
So in response to your question; no, loyalty is not outdated. Humanity hasn't really changed that much. We still and always will need loyalty. I agree that we should be more loyal.
@lakshmi11 (278)
• United States
25 Feb 11
I think that loyalty is different, than following your heart out of love.
Loyalty is connected to moral. You feel a connection and responsibility to those people who are close to you thus you are loyal to them.
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
25 Feb 11
Is love not connected to moral?? Do you not feel a connection and responsibility to those you love?
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb 11
It shouldn't be; and you are right, it is an especially nice quality. It is like truth, and honour: the ability to keep a promise, to keep to one's word. They are closely related. And if they are abided by, they preserve human contentment; on the other hand, misery more often than results from disloyalty; and the breaking of one's word.
@bird123 (10658)
• United States
19 Feb 11
I'm like a big giant rock. I wait for those tumbleweeds who seek a loyal rock to sit on for a while. I also come in handy for those needing something to hang onto in a storm. It's not always exciting to be loyal but it will always have it's rewards.
