| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: years over the monarch's heart was now in danger of downfall; and
probably would have ended, but for Madame Mazarine's
indiscretions. It happened a few months after her arrival in
London, the Prince of Monaco visited the capital. Young in
years, handsome in person, and extravagant in expenditure, he
dazzled the fairest women at court; none of whom had so much
power to please him in all as the Duchess of Mazarine.
Notwithstanding the king's generosity, she accepted the prince's
admiration; and resolved to risk the influence she had gained,
that she might freely love where she pleased. Her entertainment
of a passion, as sudden in development as fervid in intensity,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum: drought better than when fresh-sprouted. So Necile's duties were
lessened, and time grew laggard, while succeeding years became more
tiresome and uneventful than the nymph's joyous spirit loved.
Truly the forest-dwellers did not lack amusement. Each full moon they
danced in the Royal Circle of the Queen. There were also the Feast of
Nuts, the Jubilee of Autumn Tintings, the solemn ceremony of Leaf
Shedding and the revelry of Budding Day. But these periods of
enjoyment were far apart, and left many weary hours between.
That a wood-nymph should grow discontented was not thought of by
Necile's sisters. It came upon her only after many years of brooding.
But when once she had settled in her mind that life was irksome she
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac: Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
A Man of Business
Cousin Betty
Navarreins, Duc de
A Bachelor's Establishment
Colonel Chabert
The Muse of the Department
The Thirteen
Jealousies of a Country Town
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
The Country Parson
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