| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: husband to see it in the carriage, and then proceeded to call
the woman. Soon, arrayed in a cloak, bonnet, and shawl, that had
belonged to her benefactress, she appeared at the door with her
child in her arms. Mr. Bird hurried her into the carriage, and
Mrs. Bird pressed on after her to the carriage steps. Eliza leaned
out of the carriage, and put out her hand,--a hand as soft and
beautiful as was given in return. She fixed her large, dark eyes,
full of earnest meaning, on Mrs. Bird's face, and seemed going to
speak. Her lips moved,--she tried once or twice, but there was no
sound,--and pointing upward, with a look never to be forgotten,
she fell back in the seat, and covered her face. The door was
Uncle Tom's Cabin |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Macbeth by William Shakespeare: All. So all
Macb. Let's briefely put on manly readinesse,
And meet i'th' Hall together
All. Well contented.
Exeunt.
Malc. What will you doe?
Let's not consort with them:
To shew an vnfelt Sorrow, is an Office
Which the false man do's easie.
Ile to England
Don. To Ireland, I:
Macbeth |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: youthful
Coursers carry onward.
4 Spreading thy web with mightiest Steeds thou comest, rending
apart,
thou God, the black-hued mantle.
The rays of Surya tremulously shining sink, like a hide, the
darkness
in the waters.
5 How is it that, unbound and not supported, he falleth not
although
directed downward?
The Rig Veda |
