| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: ways,
eternal Law.
3 Strong is the thought of Law, the Law's behest; all works
have they
performed; he quickens all.
Whoso will bring oblation, gifts to thee, to him, bethinking
thee,
vouchsafe thou wealth.
4 Seated as Priest with Manu's progeny, of all these treasures
he
alone is Lord.
The Rig Veda |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Main Street by Sinclair Lewis: find streets in which Hugh could play, and because in the stress
of war-work, with its demand for thousands of temporary
clerks, she could be initiated into the world of offices.
Hugh was to go with her, despite the wails and rather
extensive comments of Aunt Bessie.
She wondered if she might not encounter Erik in the East
but it was a chance thought, soon forgotten.
III
The last thing she saw on the station platform was Kennicott,
faithfully waving his hand, his face so full of uncomprehending
loneliness that he could not smile but only twitch up
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart: spoken, but he cheered in true British fashion at the sight of the tea.
Sara Lee, exceedingly curious as to the purpose of a very small stand
somewhat resembling a piano stool, which the maid had placed at her knee,
learned that it was to hold her muffin plate.
"And now," said Mr. Travers, "suppose we come to the point. There
doesn't seem to be a chance to get you over, my child. Same answer
everywhere. Place is full of untrained women. Spies have been using
Red Cross passes. Result is that all the lines are drawn as tight as
possible."
Sara Lee stared at him with wide eyes.
"But I can't go back," she said. "I - well, I just can't. They're
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