<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=441222" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Promises Are Made To Be Kept</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today I have made myself this one promise...<br>Not to make anymore.<br>Promises are made to be kept.<br>And why should I make them to myself? <br>Of late...<br>I have not made a promise, <br>I have yet to keep that was met.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am getting older.<br>And those who are doing this, <br>Know how moody the elders get.<br>And promising myself, <br>I will not get upset...<br>Is as worthless as those attitudes I get into.<br>To then forget the reason 'why' I am so cranky.<br>Or who it was I promised, <br>What was done whether consciously or not...<br>Someone will have reason to regret.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And often it was me on the receiving end! <br>Yes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So today, <br>Without delay...<br>I have made myself this one promise, <br>Not to make anymore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Promises are made to be kept.<br>And why should I make them to myself? <br>Especially, <br>Since I promise myself to remember...<br>Where I leave my keys.<br>And it takes me at least an hour to find them.<br>Only to realize...<br>All that time they have been in my pants pocket.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'OH.<br>Oh...I...uh.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So today, <br>Without delay...<br>I have made myself this one promise, <br>Not to make anymore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's embarrassing enough, <br>To accuse someone else...<br>Of stealing them.<br>Although I can display, <br>Awesome humility! <br>And having the ability to use my advancing age, <br>Is not beneath me.<br>Whatever works...<br>Not to appear to be thought of as a jerk! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'You know...<br>I thought that was change in my pocket, <br>I was going to ask you if you needed.<br>Before I let those 'keys' let me lose my concentration! <br>If you're going to be here for a while, <br>I'll be right back! <br>You need anything while I'm out? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=441222" data-title="Promises Are Made To Be Kept de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Today I have made myself this one promise... Not to make anymore. Promises are made to be kept. And why should I make them to myself? Of late... I have not made a promise, I have yet to keep that was met. I am getting older. And those who are d..."></div> </div> </div>

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