Promises.......

A Small and simple word.......PROMISE!! .... With seeds of trust, roots of faith, trunk of hope, branches of desires, leaves of anticipation, flowers of actuality and fruits of contentment.....Contentment from the fact that the promise was kept!

People promise many things to themselves and to others. Some with affirmations, some to appease others, some to convince themselves, some to hold on to a person for the rest of their lives (Wedding Vows), some to hold on to a dear one- no matter what!!!! , some assuring promises..... some fake ones, some unfulfilled ones, some temporary promises which fade away with every wash of nature's testing time........some determinant, unshaken ones, withstanding all the blows of  the truth called life and still standing erect, unmoved!!! These are the promises  worth dying for....worth sacrificing for....!!!!!!

Promises are many and varied.....but the courage needed  to keep up that promise is the same......COURAGE!!!!!   Such a strong word!!!!!!.....It takes a lot of courage to have the courage ,to keep up a promise...... Seriously....!!!! Not many have this courage...not many are brave enough to dare.....

Innocent childhood promises are one of the best promises.... Pure, pious..... without any hidden intentions and means, no faking....!! If a child innocently says, ' God promise  teacher!!! I did not take Chintu's sharpener', the child means it!!! Whether he actually took  the sharpener or not is another face of the story!! The innocence visible on the  face and audible in the voice is amazing!!!


But as the child hops from kindergarten to primary school, learns the cultural and behavioural mores of high school, nods head with his peers in college, promises mature and change multiple folds. They now have accessories like motive, benefit, calculative properties like weighing the pros and cons and deciding on the basis of the profit-loss calculations........


It becomes easy to make a promise...as easy as drinking water....!!!!! People promise, without pondering whether they will be able to keep up their words......In this lot of people too, there are a few courageous ones who dare to keep up their words, defying all the odds of nature...!!! Hats off to the those souls!!! At least they are true to their words!!!


Promises are meant to be broken!!!! Rules are meant to be disobeyed!!! This is what the new age mantra says.....But the disturbing ripples they create on the surface of an innocent mind; the deep uneasiness they cause inside....is not known and seen by all....


Promises are worth keeping up...They are like flowers......Handle With Care....!!!


Let us  Promise ourselves that these flowers will be taken care of....Will be used as weapons only when there is utmost need.... Otherwise they will wither away.......Lets promise that the promise will always remain a promise...And not just a statement.......!!!!