Promise

Have you ever made a promise? Have you ever broken your promises to people? Somehow it is just so easy to make a promise but keeping it is totally a different story. You can say 'I promise.' or "You have my word." all the time, but do you really mean it when you said that? Keeping a promise costs a lot. But no matter what, breaking a promise is a big sin because the moment you break it, you are hurting innocent people.

It's always easier said than done. People always like to make promises but they don't really take it seriously. They break their words over and over as if it never mattered. Maybe some people think that it matters, so they will start making a bunch of excuses, trying to make it look good. But what is the difference? Either way you are breaking your promise. Think a second before you make a promise, think twice whether you will be able to keep it. It is because the person you make promises to take it seriously, and once you break it, it hurts. You can say they are childish or naive to take in every single word you said, but a promise is a promise. Promise is something you are bounded to keep, not breaking it.

My friend once broke her promise to me and I felt so hurt. I accused her of breaking her word until now. I once made a promise to someone important. But a month ago I broke this promise. All this time I felt really guilty, I felt like I had hurt him so bad even though he hadn't found out that I'd had my promise broken. I honestly couldn't imagine what would happen if he found out. I knew I should never break this promise but still I did. I felt like I was tasting the forbidden apple. The guilt seemed to have been eating me inside and out. I couldn't stand it anymore so I stopped doing whatever I was doing and continued to keep the promise that I've made. I just didn't want to break it anymore.

I am not sure about the others but to me breaking my promises is a big deal. Or someone breaking his/her promises that he/she made to me is certainly a huge deal to me. I really hate people breaking their promises. Once you said, "I PROMISE." I believe you will be able to keep it and I will take it really seriously. That is why here I am, making a promise to you guys, "I promise I will never break any of my promises." and sorry if I ever did.

It feels like being cheated when someone break his/her promise on you. It feels like that person doesn't care about you anymore, or maybe he has never really care about you at the first place. It hurts so bad. I know this feeling so I don't want to see people around me getting hurt.

Somehow, it is better off not to take so seriously in people's word/ promise because once it is broken, you will be the only one who get hurt. On the other hand, don't make a promise to anyone if you aren't sure you can keep it/ work it out.