| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: her noble son should escape death, or even fall before the
proud wooers. And as a lion broods all in fear among the
press of men, when they draw the crafty ring around him, so
deeply was she musing when deep sleep came over her. And
she sank back in sleep and all her joints were loosened.
Now the goddess, grey-eyed Athene, turned to other
thoughts. She made a phantom, and fashioned it after the
likeness of a woman, Iphthime, daughter of great-hearted
Icarius, whom Eumelus wedded, whose dwelling was in Pherae.
And she sent it to the house of divine Odysseus to bid
Penelope, amid her sorrow and lamenting, to cease from her
The Odyssey |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "Because I like to speak the truth," said the Steward. "Why didn't
you enchant them all at once, instead of allowing them to go one by
one into the palace and guess which ornaments are the Queen of Ev and
her children?"
"Why, you stupid rascal, it is more fun this way," returned the King,
"and it serves to keep me amused for a long time."
"But suppose some of them happen to guess aright," persisted the Steward;
"then you would lose your old ornaments and these new ones, too."
"There is no chance of their guessing aright," replied the monarch,
with a laugh. "How could they know that the Queen of Ev and her
family are all ornaments of a royal purple color?"
Ozma of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the darkened interior and hastened upward upon the
rocky trail into the hills, a cold smile of satisfaction
on his lips.
The castle of Torn was filled with the rush and
rattle of preparation early the following morning, for
by eight o'clock the column was to march. The court-
yard was filled with hurrying squires and lackeys. War
horses were being groomed and caparisoned; sumpter
beasts, snubbed to great posts, were being laden with
the tents, bedding, and belongings of the men; while
those already packed were wandering loose among the
The Outlaw of Torn |
