Under promise.
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Tao of the Day - Bold Little Me
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Here's one, lengthy by your standards, but point-illustrating.
"Alundil loved its Buddha. Many other towns had tried to entice him away from his purple grove: Shengodu, Flower of the Mountain, had offered him a palace and harem to come bring his teaching to the slopes. But the Enlightened One did not go to the mountain. Kannaka, of the Serpent River, had offered him elephants and ships, a town house and a country villa, horses and servants, to come and preach from its wharves. But the Enlightened One did not go to the river. The Buddha remained in his grove and all things came to him."
Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light
"Alundil loved its Buddha. Many other towns had tried to entice him away from his purple grove: Shengodu, Flower of the Mountain, had offered him a palace and harem to come bring his teaching to the slopes. But the Enlightened One did not go to the mountain. Kannaka, of the Serpent River, had offered him elephants and ships, a town house and a country villa, horses and servants, to come and preach from its wharves. But the Enlightened One did not go to the river. The Buddha remained in his grove and all things came to him."
Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light
Often I am found in places I am not expected. Even "I'll try to be there" seems to be a promise of some kind sometimes.
