Promises....

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Promises are very funny things...
They are sweet when you mean them and when you make them, but hard to keep them and even more harder when somebody else doesn't keep them.
What is the dictionary definition of a promise ?
A verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future.
But more than that, it might mean all the world to someone... to the little girl whose daddy promised to come see her dance in the school play... to the housewife whose secret lover promised to come the night her husband left for an official tour... to the young couple who've promised to be together till death do them apart... to the old woman whose son promised to come home for christmas...

Yes... A promise is an easy thing to make and an easier thing to break. It can be made with a tight hug on x'mas, to say 'don't worry, ma, I'll always be there for you'... It can be made with a sweet kiss in the moonlight, to say 'I will never leave you again'... It can be made in a church with elaborate arrangements and prepared vows, to say 'I love you and want to be with you for ever and ever'... It can be a simple thing like a flower or a holy thinglike a 'thali' or a wedding ring.

Promises, promises...
I typed in 'promise' on google. Funny. Not much interesting stuff turned up on the search... at least not on the first page. There were the expected evengelical sites, a company named promise, loads of wedding sites and yet nothing of much relevance. I, using much more sense than I thought I had, searched for images on the web... that turned up a lot... here are a few... They are not all very nice and some i thought were even very cheesy. but i still like them.