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.
