| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: consciousness, and now she lay very still, with eyes dark and
shadowy, her face pallid and wet. The Colonel, now that he
finally remembered his women-folk, seemed to be gentle and
kind. He talked soothingly to Miss Ruth, made light of the
adventure, said she must learn to have nerve out here where
things happened.
"Can I be of any service?" asked Duane, solicitously.
"Thanks; I guess there's nothing you can do. Talk to these
frightened girls while I go see what's to be done with that
thick-skulled robber," he replied, and, telling the girls that
there was no more danger, he went out.
The Lone Star Ranger |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Myths and Myth-Makers by John Fiske: standing upon his hind legs was very pleasing to his master,
and who, therefore, had accustomed himself to stand on his
hind legs whenever he desired anything, and whose usual way of
getting what he desired was to induce somebody to get it for
him, may have stood up in front of the mantel-piece rather
from force of habit and eagerness of desire than because he
had any fetichistic notions, or expected the india-rubber ball
to listen to his supplications. We admit, however, to avoid
polemical controversy, that in matter of religion the dog is
capable of anything." The Nation, Vol. XV. p. 284, October 1,
1872. To be sure, I do not know for certain what was going on
Myths and Myth-Makers |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Soul of Man by Oscar Wilde: should give up private property. It hinders you from realising
your perfection. It is a drag upon you. It is a burden. Your
personality does not need it. It is within you, and not outside of
you, that you will find what you really are, and what you really
want.' To his own friends he says the same thing. He tells them
to be themselves, and not to be always worrying about other things.
What do other things matter? Man is complete in himself. When
they go into the world, the world will disagree with them. That is
inevitable. The world hates Individualism. But that is not to
trouble them. They are to be calm and self-centred. If a man
takes their cloak, they are to give him their coat, just to show
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