| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: JER 26:13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the
voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil
that he hath pronounced against you.
JER 26:14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth
good and meet unto you.
JER 26:15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall
surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and
upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto
you to speak all these words in your ears.
JER 26:16 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and
to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: CHAPTER 26
And now, at last, had come the day of days for Myles Falworth;
the day when he was to put to the test all that he had acquired
in the three years of his training, the day that was to disclose
what promise of future greatness there was in his strong young
body. And it was a noble day; one of those of late September,
when the air seems sweeter and fresher than at other times; the
sun bright and as yellow as gold, the wind lusty and strong,
before which the great white clouds go sailing majestically
across the bright blueness of the sky above, while their dusky
shadows skim across the brown face of the rusty earth beneath.
Men of Iron |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Eryxias by Platonic Imitator: proved to be in error in supposing that the Gods immediately granted to us
whatever we asked:--if, I added, whenever you go up to the Acropolis you
earnestly entreat the Gods to grant you good things, although you know not
whether they can yield your request, it is as though you went to the doors
of the grammarian and begged him, although you had never made a study of
the art, to give you a knowledge of grammar which would enable you
forthwith to do the business of a grammarian.
While I was speaking, Prodicus was preparing to retaliate upon his youthful
assailant, intending to employ the argument of which you have just made
use; for he was annoyed to have it supposed that he offered a vain prayer
to the Gods. But the master of the gymnasium came to him and begged him to
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