| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Iliad by Homer: renew the fight hereafter till they compass the doom of Ilius,
since you goddesses have made up your minds to destroy the city."
And Minerva answered, "So be it, Far-Darter; it was in this mind
that I came down from Olympus to the Trojans and Achaeans. Tell
me, then, how do you propose to end this present fighting?"
Apollo, son of Jove, replied, "Let us incite great Hector to
challenge some one of the Danaans in single combat; on this the
Achaeans will be shamed into finding a man who will fight him."
Minerva assented, and Helenus son of Priam divined the counsel of
the gods; he therefore went up to Hector and said, "Hector son of
Priam, peer of gods in counsel, I am your brother, let me then
The Iliad |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: you. We've got the banner crowd of the year out
there right now, a great crowd to play before.
I'm more fussed up over this game than any I
remember. But I have a sort of blind faith in
my team. . . . I guess that's all I want to say.''
Spears led the silent players out of the dressing
room and I followed; and while they began to
toss balls to and fro, to limber up cold, dead arms,
I sat on the bench.
The Bisons were prancing about the diamond,
and their swaggering assurance was not conducive
The Redheaded Outfield |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: I was never out in the evening before, sir."
"We shall be safer," said Newman, "where no one can hear us."
And he led the way back into the castle court and then
followed a path beside the church, which he was sure must
lead into another part of the ruin. He was not deceived.
It wandered along the crest of the hill and terminated
before a fragment of wall pierced by a rough aperture
which had once been a door. Through this aperture Newman
passed and found himself in a nook peculiarly favorable
to quiet conversation, as probably many an earnest couple,
otherwise assorted than our friends, had assured themselves.
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