A Promise is a gentle talk with life—a reminder that broken dreams don’t have to break our spirits. It speaks of healing, hope, and the courage to start over.

Sometimes, the greatest promise we can make is to ourselves: to keep dreaming, believing, and welcome tomorrow with an open heart.

A Promise

O my dear Life,

Let us not count
the years that slipped away.

Instead,

let us gather the quiet moments
left forgotten
along the road of time.

Some dreams die before they are born.

Some arrive too late.

Some knock gently
while we are too busy
learning how to survive.

O Life,

you have a curious habit—
you break the branches,
yet leave the roots alive.

O Life,

let us mend our torn destiny
with threads of hope,
not because yesterday was kind,
but because tomorrow
still waits with open hands.

Carve away
the stone around your heart.

There is a sculpture within you
that pain could never destroy.

Do not mourn
every path you never walked.

Perhaps those paths existed
only to lead you
to this one.

O Life,

make one quiet promise—

to live fully,
once again.

To keep dreaming.
To keep healing.
To keep believing.

And to create,
from the broken pieces of yesterday,
a life that tomorrow
will proudly call beautiful.

And yes, make one more promise—

when hope grows tired,
lend it your courage.

When memories become heavy,
carry only their wisdom.

And whenever you wish
to begin again…

just smile,

pick up another dream,

and make it your home.

(Vijay Verma)
www.retiredkalam.com

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