Maurice R. Franks said this, “Loyalty cannot be blueprinted. It cannot be produced on an assembly line. In fact, it cannot be manufactured at all, for its origin is the human heart – the center of self-respect and human dignity. It is a force which leaps into being only when conditions are exactly right for it – and it is a force very sensitive to betrayal.”
When I was a young girl and making first friends, it was vital that my friend would keep my confidences – those fears I shared in secret – and when another betrayed my faith, it was such a painful act of disloyalty; however, it was the training ground of the character we build from being betrayed, even in our own minds and from not being betrayed, which is the most glorious feeling – this is how we decipher our friends.
The first quote inspires me to add another around the heart – I found beautiful things there and have not included any quotes on the heart so far – Loyalty week is a good time!
This small section from The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, by Carlos Castaneda says it for me:
Choose your path with care. Follow only those you feel strongly to follow. If you feel the path is not right for you, you must not stay with it under any conditions. Look at every path closely and deliberately. A very old man told me about something important once. He was my benefactor and he talked with me when I was young… when my blood was too vigorous for me to understand it. Now I do understand. It is very important, and I will tell you what it is. Is it this:
“Does this path have a heart?”
My benefactor’s question has meaning now. “Does this path have a heart?” if it does, the path is good: if it doesn’t, it is of no use. When you are choosing a path, check it carefully to see if it has a heart. If it does, it makes for a joyful journey. As long as you follow it, you are one with it. The path without a heart will make you curse your life. One makes you strong… the other weakens you…
For me, there is only traveling on the paths that have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel, looking… looking… breathlessly…
And of course, here is today’s People Skills Video Tip:
You create your day by the way you think! Be Present!
Go make it a magnificent day!
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