Imagine that today, while looking for a blessing, you receive a small metal token that says LOYALTY . Why have you chosen it? Ever since I began to write the Blessing of Steadfastness, I have thought about Loyalty. What was Sharon Shinn thinking when she created Loyalty and Steadfastness as two separate blessings? What does Loyalty mean? —About this time I read about the death of Elizabeth Edwards—How does Loyalty play out in my own life?—My neighbor-sister kept her commitment to spend New Year's Eve with me when she could have changed her plans for a better gathering, a gesture which made a big impression on me. — When is it ethically appropriate to withdraw loyalty? — Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series explores that idea — But, in my heart, I knew that for today’s blessing I needed to speak of loyalty in the simplest sense.
May the Spirit of Loyalty bless you today.
Whether country, cause or friend
May you find that to which you can be faithful to the end.
When the going gets rough
May you find the strength to stay tough.
When others try to tempt you
May you find the will to stay true.
May you be Divinely guided to do what’s right
And keep fidelity’s candle burning bright.
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