Day 45 : Loyalty

Loyalty. It is something that is always thrown on somebody's face just to remind them of that little favor that we've done for them, while feigning it was not a big deal, but now have come in cash in on that.

Loyalty. It is that is thrown on a spouses face when he/she is caught lewd texting a co-worker while we ourselves sniff and eyeball every attractive person of the opposite sex that we come across.

Loyalty. It is that thing which is shoved down your throat every time your favorite team plays, you've been rooting for that team for so long that right now it doesn't even makes any sense why you started in the first place.

Loyalty. It is that thing that your soon-to-be ex-bosses uses while pointing fingers at you when you put in your papers. While they themselves have switched at least half a dozen companies in a just as many years.

Loyalty. Is overrated.

There was a time when it really meant something to support and feel true to a cause. Or to a country or a creed or a person. There was a sense of right in it. A sense of honor of sticking to your faith in something. But as the sense of honor in anything lost its importance. So did loyalty.

Today loyalty is just used as a baton to lash you into submission. You didn't like this thing that we as a mob believe in? You are not loyal. You are a dishonorable piece of frog dung.

Well, the truth is I don't believe that anyone can be that loyal in this day and age. At least not to an entity that they don't see or touch or have to go home to each night. I believe the loyalty to the abstract belongings of the past era is gone. Today is more or less a barter system at best. People will be true to you only until they will see any profit in it.

Don't get me wrong. I do believe if you are loyal to something that is a good thing. If you have a rock solid faith like that in something then you are a much better person than I, and kudos to you.

I just believe that people have change today. Things don't happen to people just because they are entitled to it. Most of us have to work for it. Only the top 1% gets things handed to them on a silver platter. And people really aren't even loyal to them. The moment some genius figures out a way to rob these guys off of their riches, it is hello Mr. Richie Rich Turncoats.

I believe in action more than words. Somebody saying they are loyal to something or someone doesn't merit for a lot if they are busy badmouthing the same thing behind their backs. Actions count. If you are loyal to something. Stick to it. And before committing your faith to something, let it prove to you that it is ready to go the extra mile to earn that right.

Today, be loyal. But also let people know that they to earn it.