I am very sure that everyone of us have broken a promise even if it is just once in our lives and a lot of people see it as something that is very bad but I think we should take it from another angle and I will give you instances to buttress my point. You know we may be in a situation where we need to choose and we might have made a promise to any of her friends or anyone close to us that we are going to help them with something but we got to the stage of choosing either this or that and we chose to break our promise. I'm sure that friend will think we are not trustworthy without knowing that we were left with the option of choosing.
Sometimes ago, during my University days, I had a friend whom I was close to. We talk, play and move together most times. You know that all of us can't be lucky with everything. She was not from a rich home so she was always around me and I mostly give her whatever I have. I'm sure you know that there is love in sharing. There are times when her parents won't even have any money to spend on her at all including money for handouts and all so she runs to me so many times and I helped her anytime I have the money to do so.
She was also kind to me and I loved her to the point of promosing her that I will help her with anything she wants and I'll always be there for her. I was actually fulfilling my promise until my final year at the University . I don't know how well final year students from other countries spend money but here in Nigeria, your final year at the University is always about money and that is why you see that some students in their final level at the University ask others for money.
They spend money on project, final week preparation and a lot more. So I got to this stage and the money my parents were giving to me was barely enough for me so I could not fulfill my promise any longer. If you think about the story well, I could not fulfill the promise not because I'm a bad person but because I did not have the strength or capacity to do what I used to do.
I know she got angry and it made me more angry because I felt she was even supposed to think about the things I've done for her instead of backbiting and all. It is just so sad with the way people forget the things that you have done for them so fast but I'm grateful that I broke the promise because it is not easy to carry another person's burden and I'm glad that I'm able to focus on my life.
How about you? Tell me a promise that you made to someone but didn't later fulfill it maybe because of one reason or the other. I'd be waiting.