| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard: they could not increase, but faded like flowers in the dark.
"The Lord Oro asks what are the terms of peace proposed by the
Nations. The Prince answers that they are these: That the Sons of
Wisdom shall teach all their wisdom to the wise men among the
Nations. That they shall give them to drink of the Life-water, so
that their length of days also may be increased. That they shall
cease to destroy them by sickness and their mastery of the forces
which are hid in the womb of the world. If they will do these
things, then the Nations on their part will cease from war, will
rebuild the cities they have destroyed by means of their flying
ships that rain down death, and will agree that the Lord Oro and
When the World Shook |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: on either side, but only straight in front of me; next,
there was a small saddle with a nasty stiff strap that went
right under my tail; that was the crupper. I hated the crupper;
to have my long tail doubled up and poked through that strap
was almost as bad as the bit. I never felt more like kicking,
but of course I could not kick such a good master, and so in time
I got used to everything, and could do my work as well as my mother.
I must not forget to mention one part of my training,
which I have always considered a very great advantage.
My master sent me for a fortnight to a neighboring farmer's,
who had a meadow which was skirted on one side by the railway.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: as hard as Alyosha. He felt for the first time in
his life that he--not his services, but he himself
--was necessary to another human being. When
his mother used to be sorry for him, he had taken
no notice of her. It had seemed to him quite
natural, as though he were feeling sorry for him-
self. But here was Ustinia, a perfect stranger,
and sorry for him. She would save him some hot
porridge, and sit watching him, her chin propped
on her bare arm, with the sleeve rolled up, while he
was eating it. When he looked at her she would
The Forged Coupon |
