Sadly, many people don’t value loyalty as a character trait anymore. When people’s circumstances change or better offers arise, loyalty seems to go right out the window.
Denotatively, loyalty means “The state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or obligations.” 2 ”Faithful adherence to a sovereign, government, leader, cause, etc. The term loyalty derives “loyal” is also derived from the Latin word “legalist.
I began quest for personal definitions of loyalty.
The first person I happened to ask was my Mom. No, I will not state her age. Yes, she is over 55 and in my humble opinion very wise. Her response was “give me your definition first!” After giving her mine, she gave me hers’ and the two turns out to be quite alike I must say. She said, “Loyalty is being faithful and steadfast regardless of circumstances or feelings!”
I just sit silently and pondered the personal definition. This said so much about who my mom is as a person. I thought back to when I was 12 years old and my dad was sick with a brain disease. My mom stuck by him even through the darkest …show more content…
“Hey Niki, what does the word loyalty mean to you?” Nikki response, “Why…?” I had to explain to her that there was indeed a purpose for my question. She then followed it with this, “Loyalty is a mixture of sincerity and trust. It’s about being someone who is willing to be the strength for others when needed. It’s the ability to focus your time and energy for another person.” (N. Smith, personal communication, 09/08/2016). I understand this way too well. There is this girl in my neighborhood that I have mentored for about 10 years now! She is about 7 years younger than me. I get frustrated with her because sometimes I feel she expects me to be on call for her 24-7. However, being the loyal individual that I am, I answer her when I can, even though it might not always be convenient for
Denotatively, loyalty means “The state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or obligations.” 2 ”Faithful adherence to a sovereign, government, leader, cause, etc. The term loyalty derives “loyal” is also derived from the Latin word “legalist.
I began quest for personal definitions of loyalty.
The first person I happened to ask was my Mom. No, I will not state her age. Yes, she is over 55 and in my humble opinion very wise. Her response was “give me your definition first!” After giving her mine, she gave me hers’ and the two turns out to be quite alike I must say. She said, “Loyalty is being faithful and steadfast regardless of circumstances or feelings!”
I just sit silently and pondered the personal definition. This said so much about who my mom is as a person. I thought back to when I was 12 years old and my dad was sick with a brain disease. My mom stuck by him even through the darkest …show more content…
“Hey Niki, what does the word loyalty mean to you?” Nikki response, “Why…?” I had to explain to her that there was indeed a purpose for my question. She then followed it with this, “Loyalty is a mixture of sincerity and trust. It’s about being someone who is willing to be the strength for others when needed. It’s the ability to focus your time and energy for another person.” (N. Smith, personal communication, 09/08/2016). I understand this way too well. There is this girl in my neighborhood that I have mentored for about 10 years now! She is about 7 years younger than me. I get frustrated with her because sometimes I feel she expects me to be on call for her 24-7. However, being the loyal individual that I am, I answer her when I can, even though it might not always be convenient for