No one wants a fair weather friend who disappears at the first sign of trouble or inconvenience. Someone once said, In prosperity our friends know us. In adversity we know our friends. We all need friends who will hang in there with us when we have lost our jobs, separated from our spouses, discovered our child is on drugs, or are just plain frustrated with life. We need friends who will stand beside us when we have blown it in a great way, and our picture appears on the front page of the newspaper.
Loyalty means keeping confidences.
We must not violate what others tell us. Very few things destroy friendships more quickly than a broken confidence. Ben Franklin once said, Three people can keep a secret as long as two of them are dead. Loyalty means defending your friend. A true friend steps in when everyone else steps out.