Being Faithful vs. Loyalty Relationships require a lot of work, whether you’re fighting to keep them alive or simply just trying to spice them up a little with new adventures. But we often times get too caught up in our efforts to experiment in our relationships, and we begin to lose sight of some of the most important aspects of maintaining a healthy, trustworthy social atmosphere. Not only do we forget about how important these principles are, but we also find ourselves justifying our mistakes by loosely defining exactly what it means to be both faithful and loyal to our significant others. However, understanding what these two ideas are and incorporating them into your daily thoughts and beliefs can make it a lot easier to remember why you’re in a relationship, and whether or not you’re there for all the right reasons. Let’s begin by discussing the word“faithful” It’s safe to assume that most people view being faithful as not cheating on a partner, or using self-control to properly analyze and avoid certain situations that would jeopardize the trust and commitment(s) you’ve made to another person. But does faithfulness run much deeper than this? What if faithful actually meant truly believing in the strength of your relationship, so to speak, or the idea that the level of communication you share with one anothzer is enough to keep your heart satisfied and allow you to automatically block out any negative influences that might be attempting to disrupt these bonds of tranquility? You can look at it in the same way you view the faith you have interms of a religious belief system. You’re not 100% sure that the belief is true, because there are specific things you will always fail to understand about it. Yet, you have “faith” in your spirituality, and you’re constantly making an effort to live by it and believe that you’ve made the right choices. Likewise, you can never be certain that a relationship will last forever, but you should still have some level of faith that it will and trust that your partner will work just as hard to keep it interesting and real.“Well then, what’s the difference between being faithful and loyalty?” Although faithfulness and loyalty are very similar, loyalty is more about how you behave and carry yourself as an individual in a relationship. Sure, you can be loyal to another person or a group of people,but it begins as a character trait first. Making the choice to be a loyal person, whether you’re in a relationship or not, is the key to upholding the necessary morals and principles (as stated earlier) to, in turn, become faithful once you’re given the opportunity to display integrity and reveal your true intentions. In other words,loyalty is the decision you ultimately make to serve as the basis for your companionship, and being faithful is the end result of your ability to apply and sustain such ethics in your life.Side note: No matter how faithful and loyal you try to be, it’s important for you and your partner to understand that there will always be temptations that go against the foundation you’ve built together. Here’s an example:Your boyfriend may have some close friends who happen to be girls, and it’s completely normal for some of them to take interest in him, especially if he’s an attractive guy. He might be hanging out at a party with his friends, and somehow they end up alone and she successfully tries to kiss him.This does NOT mean that he’s unfaithful (at least not yet). If he has made a conscious effort to be loyal to you and your relationship, he should stop kissing her immediately and avoid any further intimacy. He should also inform you about what happened instead of keeping it a secret if he’s interested in being faithful as well, because the actions that follow the decision to uphold loyalty are what give rise to faithfulness. ...to be human is beautiful...
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:38:13 +0000
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