Simply put, one never knows, until a situation occurs that puts loyalty into question. Being a convicted felon as I am, I've had my fair share of liars and thief claiming loyalty. Once I had a friend whom I considered my best friend and so I saw a mutual friend of ours steal $50.00 from him behind his back, I told him about it.... Ironically ended up somehow being the bad guy (No good deed goes unpunished) anyways turns out my best friend loyalty landed with the other guy., Which leads me to the observation that, while I'm incarcerated I still have two brothers, a sister, aunts, uncles, and a shit load of cousins... none of which offer to come visit me.....oh! and they all live within the same state with me, in fact, most live only a short drive from my location. My mother (God Bless her) stays in contact by phone because of health reasons., then there is my wife and kids..... my Joys, my rays of sunshine..... between calls from my mother and visits from my wife and kids there's no question of where there loyalty's or mine lay.
I've made peace with the notion of family that just don't give a shit... at least now we all know where the other stands! But my point is, is that we as people should never be disloyal to the ones we claim to love, and like wise we should never turn our backs to the ones who were not there to pull us up, lest they stab us in the back.
When I first came to prison an old ex-con gave me the best advise I've ever had he said " boy, you know nothing, you saw nothing, but observe everything and keep your mouth shut!" He was like a grandfather to me until the day he died of a heart attack... he was old- school, and he had my loyalty and respect because that's what he gave me.
Disloyalty, I know where your at out there; So now that you've picked your spot stay the fuck out of my lane. 2018 here I come!
