A Promise - Easy To Make, Difficult To Keep
I pinky promise! I'll get the gown for you when I get back.
Here is the gown, I kept my promise!
I thought it was that easy to make promises and keep them since I always seem to keep them but what I didn't realize was that, I always made promises that I'm so sure of and would definitely make up for it somehow.
I've made and kept a lot of promises growing up that I had to think deep in finding the ones I made but I couldn't keep and how the story played out.
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One of the things regular with movies is the "Pinky promise" scenes where they end up breaking or keeping it but most times, movies make promises seem easier to keep as most of them do keep the promises to give viewers a happy ending story.
Thinking back to all the promises I've made and kept makes me find myself more trustworthy than I would have really thought about myself but there's this one promise I made sometime ago that I couldn't keep.
They say, one bad could take away all the good done.
This saying also goes for making and keeping promises too, you could be the kind to keep your promises but breaking one could mean a lot more to the person you made the promise to than all the ones you've been keeping.
My broken promise story
It was back in my junior class days when I had just gotten into the school and was able to make on friend who seem like we've known each other for longer than we actually did. Faith and I spent most of our times in school together doing everything needed together, and walk back home together.
We got so used to each other that I made a promise to her when I got so excited about our friendship, if only I knew exciting period isn't a good time to make promises. I promised Faith that I'll remain her friend and never quarrel with her.
It was an easy promise for me because I was never the kind to pick up fight or cause trouble and dad had said I'll be in that school for a much longer time than I had been in other schools. I was so sure I'd keep the promise I made even though Faith didn't make the same promise to me.
I kept at my promise for sometime until it happened, Faith stopped talking to me and wouldn't even want to sit close to me. I got tempted not to ask her about it as I was scared that it may really end our friendship and cause a fight.
But I chose to ask so we could clear the air up and go back to being friends. I did ask but Faith ignored me with no reason for it, I decided to stay clear and be on my own too. It turns out that Faith was angry because I didn't go back home with her the day before she started to ignore me.
Even though it seemed like a small thing, I realized Faith valued the walk together much than imagined. I apologized and she repeated all I said in my promise to her, making me feel like I had put myself to an oath.
Conclusion
Now that I think about it, I was definitely going to break that promise someday since life would take us to different sides of life in the future just as it has now. At least, I learnt very much well that I shouldn't make promises when I'm excited or sad, it's a whole different game.
Faith and I remained friends back then but not anymore, we are no longer in contact with each other. The most important thing in the story is that, I've learnt better now.
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I don't think I like Edith's character. I doubt if she was really a good friend and valued your friendship the same way you did.
First, you made a promise to her, but she never tried making any to you. That's very clever of her.
Second, you missed walking home with her and she got angry and even distanced herself from you. She never cared to find out why you couldn't walk home with her. Even when you inquired she ignored you, that's not a mark of a good friend.
Third, repeating your promise to you, as a way of making you feel guilty is totally wrong, using your weakness against you. It's emotional blackmail.
I wouldn't want to keep such a friend.
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My dear, you understand the situation very well.
That is why I thought I was the one wrong to have made a promise out of excitement that I found a friend 😅
Well, it's in the past now.
Yeah, I understand.
Kids can hold grudes on little promise ehn
that is why it is important to always fulfill promise made to kids
its nice to see that you became friends again but making a promise like that.. well, what cant innocent kids promise themselves
Yeah that's true
They do that very well lol
Even the littlest promise counts once one person keeps it close to the heart.
See how Faith kept the little thing that seems like a joke, so close to her heart.
Thank God she said out
Lol yes o, if only I knew it was an important promise as she took it to be.
Just the way I'm taking that talk serious.
You've known now
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I don't know what you are talking about
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Hehehe as childhood friends you can promise anything that is thinkable
Yeah sometimes we don't break promises intentional it's just that things don't go the way we planned
I remember all I promised my room mate while I was in the boarding school but after then my parent withdraw me from the school
Lol too bad we didn't think much on what we promised back then, we know better now hehe
Sometimes, we have to break promises due to some factors that are most important than a promise. Your faith if stopped your from friendship in whole life then you did good thing. We should exactly not make promise either we are happy or we are Sad.
Yeah, I learnt that too
It has a huge effect on the kind of promise we end up making.
I think Faith really likes you, she was jealous you could have another friend and get intimate with them, she's a nice friend.
But as they always say “twenty children cannot play for twenty years” you'll have to eventually depart one day.
Haha seeing that way, I guess so
That's right, we couldn't stay friends for long.
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Childhood memories ehn 😃 I remember that time me and my friends use to walk long miles together after school just to gist, those things made our friendship strong sha.
Well I think faith likes you though, but then life happens.
Yeah, life sure did happened.
I always say making promises especially when you are happy is bad, only after then you realize what you said and how you didn't think before making such decisions.
There's an estate across my estate, where I normally go to buy snacks the security guy who works there told me I promised to buy him an earpiece. I don't remember promising him, all I said was okay, it's been months all he does is remind me about it and all I still say is okay.
Does saying okay to a favor mean you made a promise? I don't even know what to say to him.
Lol him reminding you about it anytime he sees, shows that he takes it as a promise. I'd say you get it for him if you have some money to spare sometime, I bet he'd appreciate it very much.
But then, it's your choice... Saying okay isn't a promise made to me though 😅
I think I will since it's not expensive at all.
Exactly my point, and we're not friends even
Lols two Young girls over enjoying each others companies. Truely we can't keep all promise, and I see yours is understandable, though I don't see why she's angry for just a day of not being able to walk with her.
Well I'm glad you settled your differences in the end.
Even I didn't expect she'd get that angry about it, glad we cleared it out.
Faith needs cane. Seems her name no follow am. Make I catch am.
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This girl ehn, na you give am the name? Leave her joor
To me that wasn't much of a big promise 😅. But as they say '' a promise is a promise''. Friends in this life are just like seasons, they change. There's no way you can be someone's friend forever lol, so that promise is almost impossible to keep. I feel if she did her part to keep that promise too, you both would have probably still been close friends. I've also made a resolution to stop making promises out of excitement too 😂. #dreemerforlife
Lol you're right o
I learnt my lessons 😅
Some promises are just not meant to be kept lol
Exactly 😂
I was seriously reading through to know the reason for Faith's anger, only to find out that it was because you guys didn't walk home together 😂.
I would love to believe that she's a good friend but then, friends are supposed to let each other know, when they are offended. They should be able to tell you the truth even though you don't want to hear it.
But you guys were just kids sha 😂.
#Dreemerforlife.
Yeah, we were just kids then
The reason was really unexpected 😅
Friends can change anytime. Man are meant to break promises Only God can make promise and never fail in fulfilling the promise.
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That is a fact!
Everyone makes promises that they might have broken at one point in their life well your faith might have trust issues the way I see it I am just saying
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