Importance of Loyalty in Relationships: Business, Love and Friendship

One of the most important ideologies to me is loyalty. Any successful relationship, whether it be business, love, or friendship, involves loyalty. A business builds loyalty with its customers by continuously providing good product and services to its customers so that they will return rather than look elsewhere for their needs. Without customer loyalty, the business wouldn’t thrive as well and for as long. This is the same with love and friendship. Without loyalty, the relationship becomes inconsistent and fragile. Me personally, I want to be able to have confidence in my relationship with others. Ones that I know are dependable, unbreakable and where there is no need to question their loyalty. Any other type of relationship would be considered a waste of my time, honestly. This is my understanding of the importance of loyalty and I want to describe it in the following essay.

Loyalty can come in many forms and can mean various things depending on who you ask, but to me, it means giving someone your consistent love and support no matter what. It means not running away when times get hard, keeping your promises long after they left your mouth, and going through both the highs and the lows of life, together.

To me, loyalty is like an unspoken bond. Being loyal is not something you can just say you are, rather it is something you prove through time, sacrifice, and devotion. Anybody willing to humble themselves, be selfless and commit to you, is a valuable friend indeed. Life can get crazy, and it is a comforting feeling to know that you have someone in your corner to help you get through the hard times and celebrate the good times as well.

Which brings me to my next topic on loyalty. I feel like most people tend to recognize a person’s loyalty more when something bad occurs. It’s always good to know that you have someone who will stick through the rough times with you and help you get to a better place, but I feel like people don’t recognize a friend’s loyalty as much as they should when something good is happening too. Many people can say they want the best for you but I’ve noticed that not everybody truly does have the best intentions for you. I’ve heard people say you should take notice to the ones who pick you up when they see you fall down, but I believe it’s just as important to pay attention to those supporting your success as well. Not everyone is going to clap when they see you succeeding. Some will get envious and look at it as more of a competition, but someone who is truly loyal to you will share in the merriments of your success because that was the goal in the first place; to be a selfless, genuine friend and succeed together. Those are the kinds of people you want in your circle. The kind that do not stray during your failures but also the ones that are there cheering you on during your success.

To conclude the essay, why is loyalty important? Because without loyalty relationships become meaningless. Somebody could have hundreds of people in and out of there life, but to have one genuinely loyal friend is worth so much more. There are many inconsistencies in life, but the people you share them with shouldn’t be one of them.