| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton: To recompense our tillage,
The heavens afford us showers
Heigh trolollie lollie foe, etc.
And for our sweet refreshment.
The earth affords us bowers:
Then care away, etc.
The cuckow and the nightingale
Full merrily do sing,
Heigh trolollie lollie foe, etc.
And with their pleasant roundelays
Bid welcome to the spring:
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: of thy hired servants."' And he arose, and came to his father.
But, when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had
compassion, and ran, and embraced him, and kissed him tenderly,
and, restoring him to his former rank, made a feast of joyaunce
because his son was found again, and killed the fatted calf. Lo,
this parable, that Jesus spake to us, concerneth such as turn
again from sin, and fall at his feet in repentance. Again, he
representeth a certain good shepherd that had an hundred sheep,
and, when one was lost, left the ninety and nine, and went forth
to seek that which was gone astray, until he found it: and he
laid it on his shoulders, and folded it with those that had not
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pathology of Lying, Etc. by William and Mary Healy: leisure time in reading and playing cards. He asked for work
outside on the grounds and was regarded as a very courteous and
genial patient. No evidence of delusional or hallucinatory
trends could be obtained. He always seemed to be well oriented
and conscious of everything going on about him. Emotionally he
appeared somewhat subnormal inasmuch as he did not worry about
his own condition, but said he was perfectly contented. (The
latter, of course, to a psychiatrist would be significant.) He
was a great talker and his stories were well listened to. John
said that when he was indicted for robbery his lawyer advised him
to feign insanity and as a result he had been sent to that
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