Loyalty

Not to steal an idea, but this was brought to my attention via a friend's blog. Amusing little list of things important to one Tom Chiarella, some of which I find overlapping with my own list. One in particular stuck out:

23. Be loyal. You will fail at it. You have already. A man who does not know loyalty, from both ends, does not know men. Loyalty is not a matter of give-and-take: He did me a favor, therefore I owe him one. No. No. No. It is the recognition of a bond, the honoring of a shared history, the reemergence of the vows we make in the tight times. It doesn't mean complete agreement or invisible blood ties. It is a currency of selflessness, given without expectation and capable of the most stellar return.

Just a thought.