Loyalty is a funny word. We use it far too lightly to describe our everyday interactions with others. We use it recklessly to rationalise why we form relationships. They say both should be based on trust, on mutual respect, and above all else, loyalty. But far to often we take it for granted, right up to the moment when someone betrays our trust and makes us realise just how imporant it truly is...
What makes a friend a friend? There are a lot of different theories, yet all have one single thing in common. The roots from which most of them sprout are derived from this strange concept of devotion. I don't give mine away that easily. It can't be earned in a day. It has to be earned day-by-day. And once it is given, it better never be broken, because if nothing else, I'm known for holding grudges...
But as I've learned, there is no such thing as loyalty anymore. We are weak, spineless. We do what we can to fit inside the box. But there are those who desperately try to break down the bars of our cage, and for them, it's certainly hard to find others that are willing to follow, to be faithful. I may be one of them, or maybe I'm not. I don't know anymore. The one thing I do know, is that the more I try to push away, the deeper I sink in...
What makes a friend a friend? There are a lot of different theories, yet all have one single thing in common. The roots from which most of them sprout are derived from this strange concept of devotion. I don't give mine away that easily. It can't be earned in a day. It has to be earned day-by-day. And once it is given, it better never be broken, because if nothing else, I'm known for holding grudges...
But as I've learned, there is no such thing as loyalty anymore. We are weak, spineless. We do what we can to fit inside the box. But there are those who desperately try to break down the bars of our cage, and for them, it's certainly hard to find others that are willing to follow, to be faithful. I may be one of them, or maybe I'm not. I don't know anymore. The one thing I do know, is that the more I try to push away, the deeper I sink in...
