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All About Loyalty

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To what do we owe really our loyalty? To what extent should we be loyal? Are we loyal because we receive something or are we loyal because we desire to give? Growing up, I was taught with the value of loyalty. My parents taught me how being loyal makes an important part of who I am as a person. I was taught of being loyal as an important element of one's character. And when it comes to work, my father would always give me an example of a soldier who will not leave a wounded comrade behind and dodges withering fire to bring the man to safety. For that is what loyalty is all about.  I thought loyalty then was all that simple. For me, to be loyal with friends and have friends who are loyal to me in return was the purest accomplishment I can ever stride for. I have only a few friends who I would do everything because we have been through so many rough times. Loyalty is more than that. Now, I am at a different point in my life where I have a deeper understanding of what loyalt...