| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad: in the lighted cuddy. We sat down at once, and as I helped
the chief mate, I said:
"Are you aware that there is a ship anchored inside the islands?
I saw her mastheads above the ridge as the sun went down."
He raised sharply his simple face, overcharged by a terrible
growth of whisker, and emitted his usual ejaculations:
"Bless my soul, sir! You don't say so!"
My second mate was a round-cheeked, silent young man, grave beyond
his years, I thought; but as our eyes happened to meet I
detected a slight quiver on his lips. I looked down at once.
It was not my part to encourage sneering on board my ship.
The Secret Sharer |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson: That sits upon the pillow-hill,
And sees before him, dale and plain,
The pleasant land of counterpane.
XVII
The Land of Nod
From breakfast on through all the day
At home among my friends I stay,
But every night I go abroad
Afar into the land of Nod.
All by myself I have to go,
With none to tell me what to do--
A Child's Garden of Verses |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Oakdale Affair by Edgar Rice Burroughs: tened ahead, mounted the few steps to the verandah,
crossed it and pushed open the sagging door. Behind
him came Bridge as the youth entered the dark interior.
A half dozen steps he took when his foot struck against
a soft and yielding mass. Stumbling, he tried to regain
his equilibrium only to drop full upon the thing be-
neath him. One open palm, extended to ease his fall,
fell upon the upturned features of a cold and clammy
face. With a shriek of horror The Kid leaped to his feet
and shrank, trembling, back.
"What is it? What's the matter?" cried Bridge, with
The Oakdale Affair |
