Are there positive and negative consequences for being too loyal?

Daniella Rogic

Are there Positive and Negative consequences for being too Loyal?

Are there positive and negative consequences for being too loyal? There are many bittersweet parts about being too loyal, just like life it has its ups and downs.

Loyalty can mean so many different things to so many different people. To some it can mean trust and respect, and to others it could be about always being there for someone even if it goes against what you believe. I know for me loyalty means not betraying someone. Betrayal would be the worst thing a person can do to me.

Being 16 and a girl in high school your loyalty gets played with a lot by friends real or fake ones, your parents , relationships because were still developing into our true selves so its hard to see where our loyalties lie.  Loyalty is a very risky thing now, especially our generation with social media at our grasps we could ruin someone or yourself with just the click of a button. For the few shorts year I have been in high school my loyalty, trust, and respect have been tested so much, from having real and fake friends and all the drama, and fights with my parents. Then from all these tests you see and find these great people who make you want to be loyal and trust them completely, they have trust and loyalty for you as you do for them and their there for you at your worst and with you through your best.

Your loyalty can only go so far same for your trust; you can only open them to and extent. You could be so loyal to the point where your feeling taken advantage of or being used and walked over, or could go to the point where you don’t feel comfortable doing something for them, it goes against your beliefs. Then there are those moments when you are there for your friend and they need you, and that is one of the best feelings in the world. The feeling of someone needing or wanting you there and the feeling of helping your friend and then relying on you. It is one of the best feelings you could feel. I remember when my friend was going through a very tough time and even though I had plans I dropped them too see her because she needed me, and that is what loyalty and friendship. I really cherish moments like that because it makes me see that there can be loyalty.

By the time you reach the age of 26 you should have felt so much betrayal and heartbreak and hate ship but so much love and respect so much trust and loyalty in your life. There are so many good and bad things about loyalty, yes you can get hurt and let down a lot but to get to feel the closeness with certain people is just amazing.

Really if we did not have loyalty in our lives we would be missing a huge part of life. Life is just a huge mess that we try to figure out and clean up. Loyalty is such an important aspect of life and all the ups and downs that come with it. You have to face the good and the bad parts of loyalty throughout your life and it’s just something you have to learn to deal with, even if you have gone through a lot of the bad parts.