| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Rinkitink In Oz by L. Frank Baum: "Because you are much too tender-hearted, Your
Majesty."
"It may be -- it may be," agreed Rinkitink, sadly.
"It is one of my greatest failings. But what chance
brought you here, my Lord Pinkerbloo?"
"We have searched for you everywhere, sire, and all
the people of Gilgad have been in despair since you so
mysteriously disappeared. We could not appoint a new
King, because we did not know but that you still lived;
so we set out to find you, dead or alive. After
visiting many islands of the Nonestic Ocean we at last
Rinkitink In Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: Indeed, I was so weary that it took an effort to lift my hand. A strange
lassitude made me indifferent. But Herky's calm mention of taking me back
to Holston changed the color of my mood. I began to feel more cheerful. The
meal we ate was scant enough--biscuits and steaks of broiled venison with a
pinch of salt; but, starved as we were, it was more than satisfactory.
Herky and Bill were absurdly eager to serve me. Even Bud was kind to me,
though he still wore conspicuously over his forehead the big bruise I had
given him. After I had eaten I began to gain strength. But my face was
puffed from the heat, my injured arm was stiff and sore, and my legs seemed
never to have been used before.
Darkness came on quickly. The dew fell heavily, and the air grew chilly.
The Young Forester |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: noiselessly. He was heavy with the dead weight of inanimate
objects. With a last effort Byrne landed him face downwards on the
edge of the bed, rolled him over, snatched from under this stiff
passive thing a sheet with which he covered it over. Then he
spread the curtains at head and foot so that joining together as he
shook their folds they hid the bed altogether from his sight.
He stumbled towards a chair, and fell on it. The perspiration
poured from his face for a moment, and then his veins seemed to
carry for a while a thin stream of half, frozen blood. Complete
terror had possession of him now, a nameless terror which had
turned his heart to ashes.
Within the Tides |
