| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: been adventure.
Sheldon certainly was not happy. The unconventional state of
affairs was too much for his conservative disposition and training.
Berande, inhabited by one lone white man, was no place for Joan
Lackland. Yet he racked his brain for a way out, and even talked
it over with her. In the first place, the steamer from Australia
was not due for three weeks.
"One thing is evident: you don't want me here," she said. "I'll
man the whale-boat to-morrow and go over to Tulagi."
"But as I told you before, that is impossible," he cried. "There
is no one there. The Resident Commissioner is away in Australia.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Z. Marcas by Honore de Balzac: know that Marcas, if he ever came to the front, would remain there,
would be indispensable, while he himself would be translated to the
polar zone of Luxembourg. So he determined to put insurmountable
obstacles in the way of his Mentor's advancement, and hid his purpose
under the semblance of the utmost sincerity. Like all mean men, he
could dissimulate to perfection, and he soon made progress in the ways
of ingratitude, for he felt that he must kill Marcas, not to be killed
by him. These two men, apparently so united, hated each other as soon
as one had deceived the other.
The politician was made one of a ministry; Marcas remained in the
opposition to hinder his man from being attacked; nay, by skilful
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield: I sat up stiffly.
"But I consider child-bearing the most ignominious of all professions," I
said.
For a moment there was silence. Then Frau Fischer reached down and caught
my hand.
"So young and yet to suffer so cruelly," she murmured. "There is nothing
that sours a woman so terribly as to be left alone without a man,
especially if she is married, for then it is impossible for her to accept
the attention of others--unless she is unfortunately a widow. Of course, I
know that sea-captains are subject to terrible temptations, and they are as
inflammable as tenor singers--that is why you must present a bright and
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