| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: darkies and meet me here."
"Yas'm." His face glowed with relief at once more having someone
to tell him what to do.
Scarlett drove on thoughtfully. Will would certainly welcome a
good field hand at Tara. Pork had never been any good in the
fields and never would be any good. With Sam on the place, Pork
could come to Atlanta and join Dilcey as she had promised him when
Gerald died.
When she reached the mill the sun was setting and it was later than
she cared to be out. Johnnie Gallegher was standing in the doorway
of the miserable shack that served as cook room for the little
Gone With the Wind |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: primitive soul of the mate. "My God! What luck! What have I done
to fall amongst that lot?" he groaned, sat down, and took his big
grey head in his hands. Carter drew aside to make room for
Immada, who, in obedience to a whisper from her brother, sought
to leave the cabin. She passed out after an instant of
hesitation, during which she looked up at Carter once. Her
brother, motionless in a defensive attitude, protected her
retreat. She disappeared; Hassim's grip on his weapon relaxed; he
looked in turn at every object in the cabin as if to fix its
position in his mind forever, and following his sister, walked
out with noiseless footfalls.
The Rescue |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Heap O' Livin' by Edgar A. Guest: Must be done, however saddening;
It is hard to tell a beauty
That she's very often maddening.
And I would not now be saying
Harsh and cruel words to fuss you,
But when traffic you're delaying
You are forcing men to cuss you.
THE MAN WHO COULDN'T SAVE
He spent what he made, or he gave it away,
Tried to save money, and would for a day,
Started a bank-account time an' again,
A Heap O' Livin' |
