I believe in spoken words even though I have the knowledge that humans are fallible. Words are like bonds, and they stick with people even far more than actions do. People hold you by words and when you make promises, its like you're making a vow, 'on your honor,' and for that, they expect you to keep that unless they begin to think less of you in a certain way.
I can think of more than ten ways and times that I have been promised something which I never received. The most common for us happened during the period of childhood. Mostly, it was our uncles promising to get us bicycles as that is like one of the best thing a male child would want and them they would go on to not fulfill without explanations or sometimes just making more promises which they know they wouldn't fulfill.
A lot of us counted people who failed to fulfill their promise to us as being bad. I did too. In our eyes back then, we thought of them as well to do and thought of the things we asked them of as ordinary and small compared to their capacity. Maybe it was, but something may have happened that changed things around. A good number of us learned about them as we grew older and have, in some ways, become the uncles or aunties that we complained about in our younger days.
I made a promise to my young cousin that I would get him a shoe. He mentioned that he would be needing it at a certain period cause he and his friends would be going out. It was okay by me cause I could afford to get it for him by then. Unfortunately, due to other financial constraints and engagements, I couldn't meet up. He wss angry at me and expressed how embarrassed he had been when he had to go out wearing one of his regular pairs after he had boasted to his friends that his big brother would get him the cool shoes(which eas the trendy kicks for kids his age). I understood his pain. I had been in his shoed multiple times. Every single time, i had been angry that a promise was unfulfilled to me, i would murmur that they should have straight-up told me that they wouldnt get me a partivular thing or live up to their promises. It's funny to think of now because i know it would have hurt me mode if they had blantantly refused me something. I got through and got my cousin the shoes he wanted, and he was very appreciative, and it made me glad cause i dont want to be in the books of the pro.ise and fail.
What i am driving at it is that anyone can make a promise, and while a great number may truly have had it in mind to fulfill it, something could come up and thwart the plans. Some other promises are made out of excitement and are rarely lived up to. But i sincerely advise that people dont blurt out promises anyhow cause they're like vows and vows should be upheld.
I hope that this was interesting to read. Thanks for coming around.