"He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We all know about patience. We all know about kindness. We all know about charity, and love, and humility, etc. But I think we sometimes forget about loyalty.
I personally think one of my best attributes is my loyalty and I am fiercely proud of it. To be loyal is liken to be true to someone or something. And if you are true to a belief, a cause is being true to yourself and your own way of life. And that's important because then it shows who you really are as a person. You stick to what you believe and that's all that matters.
Unfortunately, the downside about loyalty is that people DO take advantage of it. And it's really sad that a principle like that can be taken so lightly.
I am loyal. I am. That's why I suffered in a lot of my relationships and my friendships. But with my sufferings, I also gained a lot of friends and confidence amongst others.
My loyalty to Jay Chou, or to Andy Roddick, or to my friends or my family or the "love of my life", or to a way I am (brands, foods, lifestyle) is not by accident by decades in the making and in the following. That really makes who I am.
And that's most important.
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