Loyalty is hard to come by for some people. My friends and family members have said that the one constant about me is my loyalty to them. I have an extremely small circle of friends and once someone is in this circle my allegiance is to them totally. I will support them, take up for them and never do or say anything against them and if someone does then they will have to reckon with ME.
Whenever someone that I call a friend speaks of me behind my back and I find out about it my heart hurts. This is the one thing that truly hurts me to my core. Because if I ever have a problem with someone I tell them face to face no matter how hard or difficult it is and I want and deserve that same respect.
The same is true with my family. I love my family some of them more than others. Never the less I live by and believe in the saying BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER. I remember my Aunt Gerry use to always say you have to give respect in order to get respect. To me loyalty is the one way that I show respect.
I was raised by a man that thought money was how you got respect. He would talk bad about people that he called friends and some family members. There were times that he and I would go head to head over this. It was not easy living in that environment.
Loyalty is important to me and I look for the same in my friends and family. Sometimes I find it and sometimes I don't. All I can do is live my life the best way I know how and there are times that I fall short but I do the best I can. That is all that anyone can do.
These are my thoughts and feelings from Jillsville.
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