The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover
not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
EZE 24:18 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my
wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
EZE 24:19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these
things are to us, that thou doest so?
EZE 24:20 Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
EZE 24:21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength,
the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: It was certainly very much cooler at Newport, where our travelers
found themselves assigned to a couple of diminutive bedrooms
in a faraway angle of an immense hotel. They had gone ashore
in the early summer twilight and had very promptly put themselves
to bed; thanks to which circumstance and to their having,
during the previous hours, in their commodious cabin,
slept the sleep of youth and health, they began to feel,
toward eleven o'clock, very alert and inquisitive.
They looked out of their windows across a row of small
green fields, bordered with low stone walls of rude construction,
and saw a deep blue ocean lying beneath a deep blue sky,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson: "Jupiter!" cried Jack, "is this the sorcerer?"
His hand held back and his heart failed him for the love he bore
his uncle; but he heaved up the sword and smote the appearance on
the head; and it cried out aloud with the voice of his uncle; and
fell to the ground; and a little bloodless white thing fled from
the room.
The cry rang in Jack's ears, and his knees smote together, and
conscience cried upon him; and yet he was strengthened, and there
woke in his bones the lust of that enchanter's blood. "If the
gyves are to fall," said he, "I must go through with this, and when
I get home I shall find my uncle dancing."
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