| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle: but in the end he will surely fall into the pit. Thou hast put thy head
in the angry lion's mouth, and yet thou hast escaped by a miracle.
Try it not again." So saying, he turned and left Robin and was gone.
For three days Robin abided in London in the Queen's household,
and at the end of that time the King's head Page, Edward Cunningham,
came, and taking Robin with him, departed northward upon his way
to Sherwood. Now and then they passed bands of the King's men
coming back again to London, but none of those bands stopped them,
and so, at last, they reached the sweet, leafy woodlands.
Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne
A LONG TIME passed after the great shooting match, and during
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: heavy stupor, alike unconscious of hope and joy, doubt and danger.
It was a piteous sight, the once rosy face so changed and vacant,
the once busy hands so weak and wasted, the once smiling lips
quite dumb, and the once pretty, well-kept hair scattered rough
and tangled on the pillow. All day she say so, only rousing now
and then to mutter, "Water!" with lips so parched they could
hardly shape the word. All day Jo and Meg hovered over her,
watching, waiting, hoping, and trusting in God and Mother, and
all day the snow fell, the bitter wind raged, and the hours
dragged slowly by. But night came at last, and every time
the clock struck, the sisters, still sitting on either side of
Little Women |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Heap O' Livin' by Edgar A. Guest: There will be tasks for them to do,
Some way for them to show their worth;
Each day shall bring its problems new.
And men shall dream of mightier deeds
Than ever have been done before:
There always shall be human needs
For men to work and struggle for.
THE SORROW TUGS
There's a lot of joy in the smiling world,
there's plenty of morning sun,
And laughter and songs and dances, too, when-
A Heap O' Livin' |
