| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: And the servants of the Merciful are those who walk upon the earth
lowly, and when the ignorant address them, say, 'Peace!' And those who
pass the night adoring their Lord and standing; and those who say,
'O our Lord! turn from us the torment of hell; verily, its torments
are persistent; verily, they are evil as an abode and a station.'
And those who when they spend are neither extravagant nor miserly,
but who ever take their stand between the two; and who call not upon
another god with God; and kill not the soul which God has prohibited
save deservedly; and do not commit fornication: for he who does that
shall meet with a penalty; doubled for him shall be the torment on the
resurrection day, and he shall be therein for aye despised. Save he
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: breeding-ground for the blood-suckers. They sang and hummed and
whined around him in an ever-increasing horde. He covered his
head and hands with his coat and lay there patiently. That was
a long and wretched night. Morning found him still strong
physically, but in a dreadful state of mind.
First he hurried for the river. He could withstand the pangs of
hunger, but it was imperative to quench thirst. His wound made
him feverish, and therefore more than usually hot and thirsty.
Again he was refreshed. That morning he was hard put to it to
hold himself back from attempting to cross the river. If he
could find a light log it was within the bounds of possibility
The Lone Star Ranger |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: were all summer bungalows, occupied only from June until the
middle of September. The solider and more permanent part of
Fairport was well withdrawn from the sandy, sedgy stretches that
bordered on tidewater.
At the north and inland terminus of the quiet strip of water in
which the Jasper B. reposed was a collection of buildings
including bathhouses, a boathouse, and a sort of shed where "soft
drinks" and sea food were served during the bathing season. This
place was known as Parker's Beach and was open only during the
summer.
Morris's was of quite a different character from Parker's Beach.
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