to that which we are loyal

my general perspective is that everyone is loyal to something. for the most of us, we encounter someone's loyalty when we find someone stubborn. i tend to have a great deal of respect for those folks i find stubborn. i did not say i liked it...i am not always that patient or understanding...until i realize that person who irritates me with what i believe is stubbornness is actually a person with an incredible amount of loyalty. i struggle with finding that to which they are loyal...and therefore find them stubborn. but when i find that to which they are loyal, i am filled with awe, and that leads to respect. obama and mccain have opposing loyalties...so did obama and hillary. does does bush and much of the questioning public. bin ladin is an incredibly loyal man. those of the islamic faith are incredibly loyal. i can't quite get there...not sure i want to go in that direction with my spirit and life focus (and i believe this nation of ours will, within 20 years, be islamic by majority)...yet i am incredibly impressed by the energy that is expended toward that with which they believe. my wife and i were somewhat surprised by all the people...in two separate line-ups...waiting to get their new iphone at the local mall. for people to line up in one wing of the mall, just to be able to get into a second line in another section of the mall, just to be next in line to enter the section of the apple store to purchase an iphone (all the while chatting on their verizon and motorola and att phones while in line)...that is a level of loyalty in which i can find respect. my superiors would call those folks stupid. i would contend opposing loyalties...and a bit of connective ignorance