... Faith in his beloved family, in himself and his dreams, and in his notable Memory. His Memory is so remarkable that he sometimes remembers stuff that never existed.
Still and all, as you can see, he is a beautiful critter, smart, charming, witty, charismatic... and massive!
The Nature
of the Katydid is Hope.
The Nature
of the Elephant is Faith...
And Hope springs eternal from her foolish bosom...
Hope that whom she loves will be Happy,
Hope that those she cares for will be Loyal,
Hope that their Dreams, and her own, will come true, for...
The Nature of the Bear
is Love
Bear may seem to Love not wisely, but too well. But, in truth, to paraphrase the Duchess of Windsor, there is no such thing as being too rich, too thin, or too loving!
Bear is fiercely protective of those he loves, and he protects them from all predators.... except, inadvertantly, from himself.
Bear's Nature, however, is, above all things, to love and be loved.
If we have Faith, Hope, and Love,
Loyalty, in its highest and best form, has already become an immutable part of our Natures.
which, as a Gestalt*, is simply...
"Faith, Hope, Love... these three..."
Corinthians 2
About Loyalty...
*GESTALT: A unified whole which equals more than the sum of its parts.
We are the stuff as Dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
The Tempest, Act IV, Scene 1
Loyalty knows no boundaries and does not require choices. Never begrudge Loyalty that someone may feel for another besides yourself. It does not diminish Loyalty to you in any way.
A Katydid found herself blown by the winds of chance into a Wilderness, occupied by strange and terrifying creatures.
An Elephant discovered her, and was intrigued because she was so different from the native animals, and he began to carry her about with him because he enjoyed her songs and she amused him.
One day he left her alone on a log while he attended to other, more interesting business with the Wilderness animals, and, although he told her he was her friend for always and not to worry, he left her by herself.
Wicked creatures began to gather about her and she felt like a tasty meal in the making as they began closing in on her.
Suddenly a huge Bear appeared, and with merely a swipe or two, dashed the predatory animals away from her.
Like Elephant, Bear found that Katydid was very different from the other native creatures in the Wilderness and he, too, began to carry her about with him. He grew to care for her and told her to stay with him because he wanted her friendship.
The Katydid was Loyal to Elephant, but he had his coterie of Wilderness animals and did not notice that she was alone and endangered. Bear became important to her for he had rescued her and protected her.
Katydid was Loyal, now, also to Bear. Bear found that he needed Katydid close to him for she cared about him and accepted him just as he was. Her friendship was very important to him.
Elephant did not need Katydid as Bear did, as he was massively in demand and popular and extremely self-sufficient. He missed her, but he did not need her. So Katydid remained with Bear although she stayed a Friend to Elephant, but rarely saw him.
There came a day when both Elephant and Bear felt she had betrayed them by her friendship with the other.
But the Katydid said, "I am Loyal to you both, because I have Faith in you both, Hope for the Dreams you both have, and I Love you both, though in very different ways.
"When a person is Loyal, it is never to the exclusion of someone else. I am friend to you both, and here for you both when you need me. Do not deny me this, as your friendships are sweet in my life."
