| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: EXO 29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a
burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by
fire unto the LORD.
EXO 29:19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons
shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
EXO 29:20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put
it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right
ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the
great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar
round about.
EXO 29:21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: upon the wall was a dark-toned photogravure of a hunting
scene. It tilted slightly forward upon its wire support. As
Barney's opened it chanced that they were directed
straight upon the shiny glass of the picture. The light from
the window struck the glass in such a way as to transform
it into a mirror. The American's eyes were glued with horror
upon the reflection that he saw there--an old man swinging
a huge ax down upon his head.
It is an open question as to which of the two was the
most surprised at the cat-like swiftness of the movement
that carried Barney Custer out of that bed and landed him
The Mad King |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery: "Well, she's in the room," said Diana. "You can go in if you
want to. I wouldn't dare. And I don't believe you'll do a bit
of good."
With this encouragement Anne bearded the lion in its den--that is
to say, walked resolutely up to the sitting-room door and knocked
faintly. A sharp "Come in" followed.
Miss Josephine Barry, thin, prim, and rigid, was knitting
fiercely by the fire, her wrath quite unappeased and her eyes
snapping through her gold-rimmed glasses. She wheeled around in
her chair, expecting to see Diana, and beheld a white-faced girl
whose great eyes were brimmed up with a mixture of desperate
Anne of Green Gables |
