| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis: the substitutes, for joy and passion and wisdom.
But none of these advertised tokens of financial and social success was more
significant than a sleeping-porch with a sun-parlor below.
The rites of preparing for bed were elaborate and unchanging. The blankets had
to be tucked in at the foot of his cot. (Also, the reason why the maid hadn't
tucked in the blankets had to be discussed with Mrs. Babbitt.) The rag rug was
adjusted so that his bare feet would strike it when he arose in the morning.
The alarm clock was wound. The hot-water bottle was filled and placed
precisely two feet from the bottom of the cot.
These tremendous undertakings yielded to his determination; one by one they
were announced to Mrs. Babbitt and smashed through to accomplishment. At last
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever
sickness there be:
CH2 6:29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of
any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own
sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
CH2 6:30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive,
and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou
knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
CH2 6:31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they
live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
CH2 6:32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people
King James Bible |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad: I am not very proud of their fears. There was nothing reckless
there worthy of a great passion. There was nothing sad there
worthy of a great tenderness."
"And is THIS the word of the Venetian riddle?" asked Mills, fixing
her with his keen eyes.
"If it pleases you to think so, Senor," she said indifferently.
The movement of her eyes, their veiled gleam became mischievous
when she asked, "And Don Juan Blunt, have you seen him over there?"
"I fancy he avoided me. Moreover, he is always with his regiment
at the outposts. He is a most valorous captain. I heard some
people describe him as foolhardy."
The Arrow of Gold |
