Importance of loyalty and faithfulness
I didn’t realize there was such a gap on comments. Let me see if I can narrow it.
This is correct, I wish it wasn’t. And recognizing this can really affect your perception of the world and others. But it misses something or rather leaves out a part of man that isnt seen with the eyes.
I’m expecting a bunch of flaming on being a piece of shit too or whatever. To each their own, is all I’m saying. We all have our lines.. But you’re all delusional if you think cheating isn’t EXTREMELY common.. I mean, aren’t divorce rates up from where they were at 50% to like 54% or something like that? And what about the people who cheat and don’t get divorced and try to “work it out?”
What are not common are those with fidelity to standards. And its not morally superiority, hence why say, “oh that person is a piece of shit”.
They say that because it is difficult to be faithful in a world of animals, while being an animal.
I also think we do it for ourselves. That is faithfulness. Those of us who hold “loyalty” and “faithfulness” special. Is because we expect the same. Army leaves their dead. Marines carry their dead (days to weeks if necessary). I think they do that because they know it could be them in that poncho. And they dont want to be left.
Talking to a buddy one day. I was confused. I couldn’t make sense of the situation I was in. He suddenly said, “she jumped ship.” It caught me off guard. But I didnt know what that meant (I was pretty fucked up).
He told me about a homeless man and a dog and said, “I dont give a shit if I am the dog or the man, as long as they are together at the end of day.”
Talking to someone else, about an unrelated issue. I was recalling how something affected me, something that changed me. I was reading the work of a humanitarian. He was in Bosnia during the civil war at a refugee camp. He lived and helped these people. One day the Serbian army pulls up. Demands access to the people. The U.N. Peace keepers were outgunned. Commander gives order to pull out. Gathers the troops and the aid workers and pulls out. The people run when they hear this. Run anywhere they can. The author writes what he witnesses. Some made it to the forest. Many did not. I dont think I need to speak of what he witnessed.
He responds, “what kind of shit commander is that.”
Tells me about Vietnam. He was a marine infantry officer. He says “real or imagined.” He said this for me to put myself in the situation as he explains it. You are fighting all day. Back and forth on a hill. At this point you are on the top of the hill, where you pushed them off, on top of their dead. Your fighting NVA and VC. Ammo is low. Army helicopter drops off supplies at night. Its beer. All the supplies. He says you don’t complain because then they will really fuck with you (the army). The commander gives the order to distribute the beer amongst the men. (Ch-46 are big, so there is a lot). And CO orders them to drink all the beer. They do and get drunk. In the morning the enemy pulled out. They thought the marines got reinforced.
I was sort of confused with the analogy. He said the difference is, “we are all in this together.”
As I write this I realize I have my own. It has to do with a trench in storm. The sides are thick mud. Can’t be climbed. The water is continues to full up the trench. I am going to drown. And I am aware of how it will be slow. And I will slowly run out of energy to keep my head above the water. And eventually my lungs will be filled with water and the pain will be excruciating. But I am not alone. My loved ones are there. God comes down, he says, “you can get out of this situation, you just have to leave them behind.” I tell him to go fuck himself (respectfully, of course).
Meaning of life first, survival will follow.