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Essay: "Loyalty"

by Jackey R. Sollars
Everyone is loyal to ideas, people, faiths or events, be they logical or illogical, moral or immoral, sensible, or nonsense, popular or unpopular, right or wrong. No one lives or exists in a complete state of detachment to the world. To be loyal is loyalty. Loyalty is the act of being consistently stubborn to ideologies, doctrines, people or events. Yet few people posses the ability to be a true loyalist. Loyalty is self-identifying, definitive to thought, nature and behavior. It is the allegiances we live by.

Much can be written about loyalties, and there exist a multitude of so-called causes to which one can align his or her loyalty. Recently, during a period of great reflection, the soul, searching, discovered a Divine Revelation of myself by The Greatest Power. In this, I regained insight to what was my finest season precursor to a loss of loyalty not just in myself but to My Country, My People and unfortunately My Honor. Life is a circle to which the wise will collect those most valuable things he has lost in passing. To become loyal is to regain honor and honor always adorns loyalty.

It has been years, decades, since I possessed the inner feelings of honor which signify loyalty. See, loyalty is not just thinking one supports the ideas or the people. Loyalty is an active state in which one physically represents their commitment to those ideas, people or causes.

In the past year, after some very lonely and trying times, I took a mental journey back to that day when I shifted my loyalties from this country. When a soldier abandons his loyalty, he surrenders his honor. Fortunately The Lord revealed to me that abandoning one's loyalty to a weak or deceptive institution is not necessarily dishonorable, it can be an honorable act. Much of this revelation has come from watching the casualty count rise in Iraq because honorable men and women have been misled into a battle that isn't about protecting the American way of life but rather to increase the wealth of our country's so-called leaders.

In recovering my perspective of loyalty I've rediscovered my America, my People, and our Way of life without a government. America may not be the most beautiful place to everyone, but it is my Eden. Americans, "My People, " may not accept me because I have failed in my social and moral standards in times past.

My loyalty herein lies not with the government which no longer represents the people, but rather with the people whose government has betrayed them. My loyalty rests with the "Stars and Stripes," which represent the blood of human sacrifices whom believed in individual rights and democracy. My loyalty lies with the masses, be they ignorant to the policies, procedures and agenda of their government. My loyalty requires that I protect the American dream; the potential to succeed with their own God-given talents. Loyalty means I must stand to protect My Country and My People from domestic and foreign enemies, capitalists who choose to rape her of her resources. My loyalty is to God, the Father and Jesus my King for the preservation of honest faith in the assault of satanic governments and their laws. My loyalty lies in being a soldier so that My People can believe as they so desire.

Loyalty isn't a word one should throw about lightly. Loyalty has demands, sometimes popular sometimes not so popular. Loyalty isn't something you think you are. It is who you are. Loyalty defines our philosophic ideas and orchestrates our behavior. Loyalty fills our bosom with a larger than live heart.