Are Promises Fake?

As a teenager,now I strongly believe that promises are fake. They are just words like any other words, I do not give them any special importance. In addition, I do not make promises and do not expect others to promise me anything. For example, When I was around eight years old our family took a trip to a fair in our town. I was a stubborn child so I made full efforts to get whatever games or toys I can get and when I didn’t get anything I did fine after some consolation.

Word.

After a few years, there was another fair and this time I wasn’t the same girl. I knew that I didn’t need unnecessary things but at one of the stores my eyes glued on a badminton racket and I politely asked my father to get it because I really enjoy playing badminton. I was reluctant to get it for myself and I tried my best to convince him but later he promised me that he would get me a badminton racket from another place so I agreed and left from there. Then that some other time never came and I kept waiting for my racket.

This is the incident I vaguely remember from my years of growing up. Maybe instances like these shake our ( especially mine) foundations and shape the way we believe in things.

What I think is that we can always try to do something if its for our betterment or good for others but shouldn’t promise if we aren’t 100% sure about it and even if we are there are chances that due to any reason we couldn’t fulfill that other persons wish then it would hurt them and the same could happen to us if we have so much conviction in others promises and those are not fulfilled. Words are something which should be always handled with care otherwise it may lead to harming other persons harmony.