Death of Loyalty

Have you read the obituararies lately? If you have read them in the last fifty or so years you may have read about the loss of a dear friend. Loyalty died within the last five decades. It was a slow and painful death. But Loyalty is gone from our society. Do you miss Loyalty? Did you even notice its absence? What am I ranting about you ask??? Well in case you have been in a cave lately, loyalty is gone. People aren't loyal to anything anymore. Divorce rates in the last fifty years are pathetic. Husbands and wives aren't loyal to one another or to their vows before God. People aren't loyal to their jobs anymore. A couple of generations ago people stayed at the same job for over twenty years. They didn't leave jobs at the first opportunity. The only benefit they received was a paycheck and they were happy to have that. This workplace loyalty created community loyalty. People stayed in their same house, in their same neighborhood with the same neighbors. People were loyal to sports teams come win or lose. Now there are so many bandwagons fans who have a closet full of jerseys of their "favorite" teams. People used to be loyal to church. They went every Sunday, come rain or shine. Parents didn't allow children to sleep in because they didn't want to go to church. People didn't change churches as often. Pastors didn't change churches as often. People actually made church a priority and they were loyal to it. Loyalty to our country and our president really existed. You weren't required to agree with everything the president said, but you were supportive of him as much as possible. People were loyal to a party. It used to mean something to be a "Yellow Dog Democrat" or a "Blind Republican". Now people will tuck tail and run over the inter-party squabbles. The fastest growing political party...Independent. I am not suggesting this is all a new phenomenon, I am only saying it is becoming more and more prevalent. What gives? Can we be loyal to something? Can we ever appreciate the fact that there will be problems and disagreements in life, but you stick with it. You remain loyal. My grandfather was always a Ford truck man. He owned a 1972 Ford F-100. He loved that truck. He loved Ford. He worked on that truck a lot. It broke down a few times. But up until he couldn't drive, he owned that truck and it owned him. In my 30 years I have owned Fords, Chevy, Audi, Dodge, Chrysler, Toyota, you name it. Times have changed. Some of it for the better, some not so good. Can loyalty be resurrected? The jury is still out. What are you loyal to?