| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: "Thanks. I'll remember you--I'll square it."
"What 're you goin' to do?"
"I'll rest a bit--then go back to the brakes."
"Young man, you ain't in any shape to travel. See here--any
rustlers on your trail?"
"I think we gave Bland's gang the slip."
"Good. I'll tell you what. I'll take you in along with the
girl, an' hide both of you till you get well. It'll be safe. My
nearest neighbor is five miles off. We don't have much
company."
"You risk a great deal. Both outlaws and rangers are hunting
The Lone Star Ranger |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Moral Emblems by Robert Louis Stevenson: With this estate of mine.'
Poem: III - THE DISPUTATIOUS PINES
The first pine to the second said:
'My leaves are black, my branches red;
I stand upon this moor of mine,
A hoar, unconquerable pine.'
The second sniffed and answered: 'Pooh!
I am as good a pine as you.'
'Discourteous tree,' the first replied,
'The tempest in my boughs had cried,
The hunter slumbered in my shade,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy: to the storm had been abraded and blurred by the drops,
and they were now so many little scoops of water, which
reflected the flame of the match like eyes. One set of
tracks was fresh and had no water in them; one pair of
ruts was also empty, and not small canals, like the others.
The footprints forming this recent impression were full
of information as to pace; they were in equidistant pairs,
three or four feet apart, the right and left foot of each
pair being exactly opposite one another.
"Straight on!" Jan exclaimed. "Tracks like that
mean a stiff gallop. No wonder we don't hear him.
Far From the Madding Crowd |
