| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: betraying itself in spite of his seeming indifference.
This irritation was not lost on Jacques Collin, who had not counted on
the judge's sympathy, and sat lost in apathy, produced by his deep
meditations in the effort to guess what the cause could be.
The usher now showed in Madame Poiret. At this unexpected appearance
the prisoner had a slight shiver, but his trepidation was not remarked
by Camusot, who seemed to have made up his mind.
"What is your name?" asked he, proceeding to carry out the formalities
introductory to all depositions and examinations.
Madame Poiret, a little old woman as white and wrinkled as a
sweetbread, dressed in a dark-blue silk gown, gave her name as
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A treatise on Good Works by Dr. Martin Luther: sufferings, which rouse us to impatience, and last of all death
and the world's abuse; whereby He seeks nothing else than that
He may drive out anger, impatience and lack of peace, and attain
to His work, that is, to peace, in us. Thus says Isaiah xxviii,
"He does the work of another that He may come to His own work."
What does this mean? He sends us suffering and trouble that He
may teach us to have patience and peace; He bids us die that He
may make us live, until a man, thoroughly trained, becomes so
peaceful and quiet that he is not disturbed, whether it go well
or ill with him, whether he die or live, be honored or
dishonored. There God Himself dwells alone, and there are no
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Burning Daylight by Jack London: changing his foot-gear, and to the knees his long German socks
were matted with ice. In the warmth of the room it began to thaw
and to break apart in clinging chunks. These chunks rattled
together as his legs flew around, and every little while they
fell clattering to the floor and were slipped upon by the other
dancers. But everybody forgave Daylight. He, who was one of the
few that made the Law in that far land, who set the ethical pace,
and by conduct gave the standard of right and wrong, was
nevertheless above the Law. He was one of those rare and favored
mortals who can do no wrong. What he did had to be right,
whether others were permitted or not to do the same things. Of
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