Loyalty

Dear editor,

Over my 74 year journey through this life, the finest gift, greatest honor, I have recieved is the loyalty of those I have led, and of those leading me.

Loyalty is a sacred trust; earned, honed, and bonded over time and trial, into a fine sword to be revealed, in unity, for or against friend or foe, in good times and bad to the very end.

Loyalty is not just a word. It is not a coin to be spent or traded. Nor is it a medal or badge to be paraded about.

The awesome weight of loyalty is not always obvious, but ever present and duty bound.

Fealty is only the willingness to monetize that great honor and sell it to the highest bidder.

BEWARE FEALTY! BEWARE HUBRIS!

J.G. Doiron

Cathlamet