| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Richard III by William Shakespeare: Tell them that God bids us do good for evil.
And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With odd old ends stol'n forth of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
Enter two MURDERERS
But, soft, here come my executioners.
How now, my hardy stout resolved mates!
Are you now going to dispatch this thing?
FIRST MURDERER. We are, my lord, and come to have the
warrant,
That we may be admitted where he is.
Richard III |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart: that he was going to make.
"If I could only put it up to Harmony first!" he reflected. "But
she will understand when I tell her. She always understands."
Standing there on the little balcony, with tragedy the thickness
of a pine board beyond him, Peter experienced a bit of the glow
of the morning, as of one who stumbling along in a dark place
puts a hand on a friend.
He went into the room. Stewart was lying very still and breathing
easily. On her knees beside the bed knelt Marie. At Peter's step
she rose and faced him.
"I am leaving him, Peter, for always."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: work. Finally I thought it would be enough for me to cut out the haunches,
and then I got down to one haunch. It had bothered me how I was going to
sever the joint, but to my great surprise I found there did not seem to be
any connection between the bones. The haunch came out easily, and I hung it
up on a branch while making a fire.
Herky-Jerky's method of broiling a piece of venison at the end of a stick
solved the problem of cooking. Then it was that the little flat flask, full
of mixed salt and pepper, rewarded me for the long carrying of it. I was
hungry, and I feasted.
By this time the sun shone warm, and the canyon was delightful. I roamed
around, sat on sunny stones, and lay in the shade of pines. Deer browsed in
The Young Forester |
