Thursday, April 26, 2007

Made, Kept, Broken

Promises are rarely made for the right reasons. Too many promises are made with no intention of being kept; sometimes for selfish reasons or sometimes in order to keep a person safe. I even admit to have made those kind of promises. I used to think that promises all depended on who they involved, that promises made to certain people were more valuable, more valid than others. Later on, I've realized how wrong I was. It took getting my heart broken (there are many, many different types of heartbreak and this was one of the less common, I think) to realize the importance of all promises and that it's possible for promises to be broken for good reasons, though they're broken all the same.
And although a broken promise almost lost me three of my best friends, I've recently made a promise that has changed my life forever, one that no matter what, I could never break. I even go as far as saying it has saved my life. And I'm grateful.

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