| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 69: 26 (69:27) For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten; and they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded.
Psalms 69: 27 (69:28) Add iniquity unto their iniquity; and let them not come into Thy righteousness.
Psalms 69: 28 (69:29) Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Psalms 69: 29 (69:30) But I am afflicted and in pain; let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Psalms 69: 30 (69:31) I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
Psalms 69: 31 (69:32) And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
Psalms 69: 32 (69:33) The humble shall see it, and be glad; ye that seek after God, let your heart revive.
Psalms 69: 33 (69:34) For the LORD hearkeneth unto the needy, and despiseth not His prisoners.
Psalms 69: 34 (69:35) Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
Psalms 69: 35 (69:36) For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
Psalms 69: 36 (69:37) The seed also of His servants shall inherit it; and they that love His name shall dwell therein.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: There were two hundred and fifty miles of track within the yards, their
guide went on to tell them. They brought about ten thousand head of
cattle every day, and as many hogs, and half as many sheep--which meant
some eight or ten million live creatures turned into food every year.
One stood and watched, and little by little caught the drift of the tide,
as it set in the direction of the packing houses. There were groups of
cattle being driven to the chutes, which were roadways about fifteen feet
wide, raised high above the pens. In these chutes the stream of animals
was continuous; it was quite uncanny to watch them, pressing on to their
fate, all unsuspicious a very river of death. Our friends were not
poetical, and the sight suggested to them no metaphors of human destiny;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: and take me with you? I'd serve your turn well, though I say it,
either for gunner or for pilot. I know every stone and tree from
Nombre to Panama, and all the ports of both the seas. You'll never
be content, I'll warrant, till you've had another turn along the
gold coasts, will you now?"
Amyas laughed, and nodded; and the bargain was concluded.
So out went Yeo to eat, and Amyas having received his despatches,
got ready for his journey home.
"Go the short way over the moors, lad; and send back Cary's gray
when you can. You must not lose an hour, but be ready to sail the
moment the wind goes about."
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