Why Loyalty, Commitment, and Community Matter The ancestral roots of belonging and the dangers of forgetting how to heal and grow together There was a time when loyalty was not a preference. Commitment was not negotiable. And compassion was not a concept it was a necessity. Our ancestors did not commit to family and community because it was idealistic or romantic. They committed because life itself depended on it. Survival, coherence, healing, and meaning were woven through relationship. To turn away from one another was not simply a personal choice it threatened the stability of the whole. In remembering why…