| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: been well served by his Arab friends with the Dutch authorities.
Syed Abdulla was the great man and trader of the Pantai. Almayer
lay ruined and helpless under the close-meshed net of their
intrigues, owing his life only to his supposed knowledge of
Lingard's valuable secret. Lingard had disappeared. He wrote
once from Singapore saying the child was well, and under the care
of a Mrs. Vinck, and that he himself was going to Europe to raise
money for the great enterprise. "He was coming back soon. There
would be no difficulties," he wrote; "people would rush in with
their money." Evidently they did not, for there was only one
letter more from him saying he was ill, had found no relation
Almayer's Folly |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: However she had to take it off later, for Mrs. Wheeler, it developed,
had very pronounced ideas of engagement rings. They were put on the
day the notices were sent to the newspapers, and not before. So
Elizabeth wore her ring around her neck on a white ribbon, inside
her camisole, until such time as her father would consent to announce
that he was about to lose her.
Thus Elizabeth found her engagement full of unexpected turns and
twists, and nothing precisely as she had expected. But she accepted
things as they came, being of the type around which the dramas of
life are enacted, while remaining totally undramatic herself. She
lived her quiet days, worried about Jim on occasion, hemmed table
The Breaking Point |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: Job 40: 3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said:
Job 40: 4 Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer Thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
Job 40: 5 Once have I spoken, but I will not answer again; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
Job 40: 6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
Job 40: 7 Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.
Job 40: 8 Wilt thou even make void My judgment? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
Job 40: 9 Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like Him?
Job 40: 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Job 40: 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
Job 40: 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Job 40: 13 Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the hidden place.
The Tanach |
