| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: the poor.
JOB 36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings
are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they
are exalted.
JOB 36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of
affliction;
JOB 36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that
they have exceeded.
JOB 36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that
they return from iniquity.
JOB 36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac: blanket to the pawnbroker's to give their last five-franc piece
to her. Father Goriot here is one of that sort. He is discreet,
so the Countess exploits him--just the way of the gay world. The
poor old fellow thinks of her and of nothing else. In all other
respects you see he is a stupid animal; but get him on that
subject, and his eyes sparkle like diamonds. That secret is not
difficult to guess. He took some plate himself this morning to
the melting-pot, and I saw him at Daddy Gobseck's in the Rue des
Gres. And now, mark what follows--he came back here, and gave a
letter for the Comtesse de Restaud to that noodle of a
Christophe, who showed us the address; there was a receipted bill
Father Goriot |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: spitting) he drinks a glass of beer after
them. He devours about half a peck of
these stones every day, and when he clinks
upon his stomach, or shakes his body, you
may hear the stones rattle as if they were
in a sack, all of which in twenty-four
hours are resolved. Once in three weeks
he voids a great quantity of sand, after
which he has a fresh appetite for these
stones, as we have for our victuals, and by
these, with a cup of beer, and a pipe of
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods |
