Loyalty  --  Week 15   

Loyalty. When life is going well, it’s easy to forget that change happens in an instant. It is the nature of the universe. In an uncertain world, a sense of loyalty and mutual responsibility is often the glue that holds families and friendships together. It can be the lifeline that helps us to feel safe and supported and enables us to function well.  It is logical to feel loyalty towards the people we feel close to, especially if we want them to be loyal to us. But can this feeling of closeness go further? Is it possible to extend the same warmth and support to people outside our inner circle? What can be done to develop an attitude of loyalty and solidarity towards the wider community and, ultimately, towards the entire planet? 16G for Life book

Topics for discussion:  (From 16-G PDF)

1.    How can loyalty to a group impact on your own values and actions? 

2.  How do you express loyalty to yourself? 

 .... or whatever is alive in you.  

 Words of Wisdom

“Lots of people want to ride
with you in
the limo, but what you want is
someone who will take the
bus with you when the limo
breaks down." 

~  Oprah Winfrey  

"The way we relate wth others."   (survey)

Every time we cherish others we are cherishing ourselves.

Our happiness depends on the happiness of others.

So to strengthen our relationships with the people around us is one of the most direct and effective routes to a happy life.

Whether we like it or not, we cannot get by on our own but it is easy to forget the people behind the scenes who make our existence possible.

Whether it is the farmer who grew the seed for our bread, the engineer who brought the water for our tea, or the van driver who supplied the shop: our connections with others are endless.

Our tendency to overlook or ignore these infinite connections is unrealistic and a major obstacle to happiness.

There is a deep rooted inclination to see ourselves as separate individuals who have worked hard to be ‘self-sufficient’ and ‘independent’.

The result is often isolation, loneliness, anxiety and depression.

The happiest people are those who acknowledge their interconnection and who nurture warm and appreciative relationships.

ref:  Compassion And Wisdom.org

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