| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Emma by Jane Austen: health now; but that indeed, by her own account, she has always been.
I would not say so to every body, Mrs. Elton, but I have not much
faith in Mrs. Churchill's illness."
"If she is really ill, why not go to Bath, Mr. Weston?--To Bath,
or to Clifton?" "She has taken it into her head that Enscombe is too
cold for her. The fact is, I suppose, that she is tired of Enscombe.
She has now been a longer time stationary there, than she ever
was before, and she begins to want change. It is a retired place.
A fine place, but very retired."
"Aye--like Maple Grove, I dare say. Nothing can stand more retired from
the road than Maple Grove. Such an immense plantation all round it!
Emma |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: drink till they had killed Paul.
ACT 23:13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
ACT 23:14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We
have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until
we have slain Paul.
ACT 23:15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief
captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would
enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come
near, are ready to kill him.
ACT 23:16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he
went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
King James Bible |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from One Basket by Edna Ferber: in his free hand and struck Dunder a sharp cut with it. It was
the first time in his life that he had done such a thing. If he
had had a sane moment from that time until the day he married
Bella Huckins, he never would have forgotten the dumb hurt in
Dunder's stricken eyes and shrinking, quivering body.
Bella screamed again, still clinging to him. Ben was saying:
"He won't hurt you. He won't hurt you," meanwhile patting her
shoulder reassuringly. He looked down at her pale face. She was
so slight, so childlike, so apparently different from the sturdy
country girls. From--well, from the girls he knew. Her
helplessness, her utter femininity, appealed to all that was
One Basket |
