I always wanted to be a Major League Baseball player.

I didn’t know all that it would take was a promise that I could do it.

I always dreamed to be a hero to someone.

I didn’t know all it would take was a promise that I could fulfill that dream.

I always wanted to be a good student.

I didn’t realize all it would take was a promise that I would be one.

I always wanted to be a success in life.

I didn’t know that all it would take was a promise.

I always wanted to be a great writer.

I didn’t know all it would take was a promise that I would be one.

I always wanted to have great friends.

I didn’t know that all it would take was a promise that I would be one.

I always wanted to be a good father and husband.

I didn’t know all it would take was a promise to be one.

Oh, but I found out today that promises are far greater than achievements.

I guess it was my parents that let me down.

They delivered some values that I thought were what life was about.  Like, be true to thine own self. Be honest, work hard,  pay your dues and you will achieve your rewards.

I knew at the time that advice seemed to be the hard way.  But I bought into it because it made sense.

But today I found out that you can reach life’s achievements with promises, a much easier way to receive rewards.

Well, you need a few electronic things to do it today, which didn’t exist in my time, like a teleprompter.  You first of all have to be a minority, black would be preferable, and speak in sentences that end   with short cryptic words.

Most of what you speak must be in promises, with apologizes for the past which you inherited.

It is then that you reap the rewards.

And, you will find that it comes easy – that is if you understand global left wing politics.

I have packed up most of my prizes of achievement, boxed them and put them in a shed on my property for my children to wonder about.

I didn’t make many promises, and today I feel somewhat like a failure.