now, i did not write this. i'm saying that now, so there's no confusion. a girl that i know briefly wrote this for a contest on a writing website, and it's just so fabulous that i have to share it.
I had heard many promises before. There were little ones, such as, "I'll be there on time," or, "I'll pay you back tomorrow." Those broken were insignificant in the grand scale of things. But the big promises were the ones that, when broken, damaged a person inside.
The only way to prevent getting hurt is to stop yourself before you depend on promises. To stop yourself before you end up believing them. Because nine times out of ten, those promise