Loyalty. Royalty. A right and a left. A left and a right.

Know your rights.

Actually.

I though this was the romance section.

But. At this point.

I was wrong.

And that is a-ok by and with me.

The trailing long haul u haul can become tiresome, cumbersome, lonesome.

Well. At least it is “some” thing.

Spoken. Unspoken. Gestured and Broken.

How can you mend a broken heart?💔

Very carefully.Some may even agree methodically, still others may just “chuck it” and do it wildly.

Go with the rational. There are more then 900 million native speakers of Romance languages found worldwide.

Who knew!?

Not me.

Further. The major romance language lives mainly in the Americas, Europe, and parts of Africa.

Hazard a guess to say the folks there have little time to romance. Natively speaking, of course, they may not even know they have a next meal coming, much less worry about it.

The Haves.

The Have-Nots.

Once gifted. Twice shy.

To speak in Roman.

To speak in Latin.

To speak in Barbarian

To speak in Tongues.😛😝😜🤪

A very personal kind of sign language. Exists. Almost intimate. If you will. Allow me to show my hand👋🏻

Our loyalties are important.

Like that of a good dog.🐕🦮🐕‍🦺🐩

Our loyalties are important.

Important signs of the kinds of persons we have chosen to become. They mark a kind of constancy and steadfastness in our attachments. In our attachments to other persons, groups, institutions, or ideals we have deliberately decided to associate ourselves.(wjb)

Deliberate. Decided. Decisions.😃

Citizenship rights. To ourselves. To others. To be a loyal citizen or friend means to operate within a certain framework of caring seriously.

Seriously.

Caring seriously about the well being of others, one’s country or comrade.

Country. Comrade. Compassion.

No to be confused with a rubber stamp. 🥺

Why?

Glad you asked.

Loyalty operates on a higher level than that. The President of the United States takes an oath of loyalty to the Constitution of the United States, as well as federal employees, law enforcement personnel, and members of the armed services.

Realty check.

Anything against one’s own country is a treasonous offense. Whether or not it is enforced or not enforced. So before you down a few and sit behind the wheel of a motor vehicle.

Stop.

Stop it.

Don’t get in, hop in, or plan to hop out with success. The pledge and pleasure of allegiance, whether enforced or not enforced is still a pledge. Of allegiance. To a higher power. A higher order.

A sad truth. Loyalty that comes from deep within is not an over-nighter. Loyalty is like courage. It shows itself most clearly when operating under stress, inconvenience. It does not cringe under assault.(wjb)

It withstands all temptation.

It is a virtue.

However. Virtue by itself is no guarantee. Virtue by itself is no guarantee of right action, which requires more than good intentions.

Know your rights.

Better still.

Know yourself.

On two occasions, David has clear opportunity to destroy Saul, but refrains from doing so out of loyalty (1 Samuel 24 and 26). After Saul and Jonathan die in battle, David’s famous lament—How the mighty have fallen—is equally for both (2 Samuel 1:17-27).(wjb)

We do not have to like those to whom we are loyal, and they don’t have to like us.

Fisticuffs or no fisticuffs. Loyalty is quite different from friendship. Although the two often go hand in hand. And sometimes.

Fist to fist.

Hand in Hand.

Clenched.

Or open.👋🏻👋🏻

Devotion is a two way street.

Beautiful.

Denial and betrayal are a dead end.

Horrifying.

Just ask Penelope. How she stuck with it.. in the best of times, in the worse of times. Perhaps she punched a few walls along the way🤔🫢.

Perhaps with patience, resourcefulness,constancy and love.

Be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves?

I dunno. Will get back to you on that point.

Welcome.

Unwelcome.

With a brother there is a loyalty that is seldom ever spoken.

Obligations of and to family. Duties performed out of love😃

Break out the fists.

Throw a punch here, throw a punch there.

”One of two brothers fighting in the same company in France fell by a German bullet. The one who had escaped asked permission of his officer to go and bring his brother in. “He is probably dead”, said the officer, “and there is no use in your risking your life to bring in his body.” But after further pleading the officer consented. Just as the soldier reached the lines with his brother on his shoulders, the wounded man died. “There, you see,” said the officer, “you risked your life for nothing.”

”No.”, replied Tom “I did what he expected of me, and I have my reward. When I crept up to him and took him in my arms, he said, “Tom, I knew you would come—I just felt you would come.”(wjb)

There you have it!!

Somebody expects something fine and noble and unselfish of us;

Someone expects us to be faithful.

Fear.

Panic.

Tensity.

Tightness.

Choking.

Strangling.

and

Angling.

Methods used as a vice. Methods used to test the mettle.

Of intentions. Within the framework of work.

Can be dreadful, can be deep-seated too.

Hence. The good dog. Instinctually guided.

On the flip side, maybe even the fist side, humans are guided by choice. Choices.

Ambiguity. Yuck.

Despair. Yuck again.

Living with oneself can be very loud in the quietest of moments.

The heart does what it wants.

Freedom is not free.

It comes at a price. Of life. Of liberty. Of the un- shackled right to the pursuit of a life well lived.

Happyness aside. Happyness can be a buzz. Happyness can just be a buzz word. It really is quite subjective.

Know your rights. You still have the right to pursue it. But. We do not have the right to turn our backs away. From it. From others.

Undimmed by human tears.

In liberating strife.

God shed His grace on thee.

God shed His grace on me.

Please.

And.

Thank you.

A careful distinction is worthy of note.

Blind loyalty.

Informed loyalty. The duty of all of us. Ethically. Loyally. Royally.

As a player, participant, chosen passenger in your own life.

Loyalty matters greatly.

Just ask Knute Rockne.

Great players.

Great coaches.

Both win with loyalty to the team.