Loyalty: Be a Friend to Have a Friend

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Loyalty Be a Friend to Have a Friend

• Look out for those who care about you!

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What is Loyalty?

• Loyalty is being a consistent follower of
  something. This can be your school, friends,
  family, or even favorite sports team! It means to
  standby, stick up for and protect your family,
  friends, school and country. Loyalty is a special
  moral responsibility to promote and protect the
  interests of others. This duty goes beyond the
  normal obligation we all share to care for others.

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Should I ALWAYS be loyal to others?

• Being a loyal person is a great quality for a
  person to have. It shows you can be counted on,
  dependable, and faithful to someone or something.
  However, loyalty can be a tricky thing. There
  are some times when others might ask us to put
  their best interests first, when this really
  might not be the right thing to do. Anytime
  someone asks us to be loyal to them when it is
  unethical, we need to make sure that we are doing
  what is the right choice. An example of this
  might be if a friend asks you to lie for him,
  when you know doing so is wrong. In cases like
  these, you need to choose to do what is right.

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Facts About Loyalty

• You may be asking yourself, So if I choose to be
  loyal to someone, what does that mean for me?
  The next five slides will help you answer that
  question!

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Loyalty is unwavering in good times and bad.
It is not always easy to be loyal to a friend.
Sometimes when someone makes you angry, it is
easy to gossip about what he or she did to make
you mad. But true loyalty means that you are a
faithful friend even when it is hard. Be very
careful with private information that could
embarrass or hurt others.

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Loyalty is what you do, not what you say.

• It is easy sometimes to say you are trustworthy
  to a friend, but it is more important to prove
  you are by your actions. Loyalty is an act, not
  a saying!

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Loyalty can be demanding

• Sometimes a friend may expect you to be loyal
  when it is not easy to do. But, think about your
  favorite sports team would you give up on them
  for losing one game? You wouldnt want to do the
  same thing to a friend!

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Loyalty may involve sacrifice.

• Sometimes, in order to be a loyal friend, you may
  have to sacrifice (give up) something else. It
  can be easy to go along with the crowd, but if it
  means not being loyal to a friend, you shouldnt
  do it. Imagine if you are in the lunch line and
  someone is making fun of your best friend. This
  person tells you that in order to be cool, you
  should make fun of him or her. But is being
  cool for a minute really worth losing a friend?

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Loyalty will be rewarded

• Heres the best fact of all loyalty will be
  rewarded. If you are a trustworthy and loyal
  friend to another, he or she will be a good
  friend to you, as well. It is a great thing to
  have a best friend, and being loyal is the best
  way to make sure youre friendship never ends.

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Loyalty to others is a great way to be a Grizzly
Hero!