“The only lost cause is one we give up before we enter the struggle.” ~ Vaclav Havel
Loyalty to so-called “lost causes”? Who me? Who you? Most likely, each of us has at least one cause to which we remain loyal no matter what. It could be anything: a sports team, a family member, a political issue – a belief in something that you refuse to give up.
Czech activist and the first President of post-Communist Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel, said:
“The only lost cause is one we give up before we enter the struggle.”
Havel’s point was to remain loyal and not to give up on what we believe in. His struggle as a leader for Czech freedom is legendary – and, at the time, most would have said it was a lost cause.
What is it that keeps you loyal to people and situations that seem to others to be lost causes? How can we explain our commitments? Is this blind or misplaced loyalty – or is it something deeper?