| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: are not so bad as they seem:
"There is always someone worse off than yourself."
The Wolf and the Kid
A Kid was perched up on the top of a house, and looking down
saw a Wolf passing under him. Immediately he began to revile and
attack his enemy. "Murderer and thief," he cried, "what do you
here near honest folks' houses? How dare you make an appearance
where your vile deeds are known?"
"Curse away, my young friend," said the Wolf.
"It is easy to be brave from a safe distance."
The Woodman and the Serpent
Aesop's Fables |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from To-morrow by Joseph Conrad: himself in thinking how awkward it was. Father
mad; no getting into the house. No money to get
back; a hungry chum in London who would begin
to think he had been given the go-by. "Damn!"
he muttered. He could break the door in, cer-
tainly; but they would perhaps bundle him into
chokey for that without asking questions--no great
matter, only he was confoundedly afraid of being
locked up, even in mistake. He turned cold at the
thought. He stamped his feet on the sod-
den grass.
To-morrow |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman: expect from her, either favour or anything else. What I say she
will doubtless tell you. CIEL man! what harm can I do to her,
in the road in your sight?'
He looked at me sullenly, his face still flushed, his eyes
suspicious.
'What do you want to say to her?' he asked jealously. He was
quite unlike himself. His airy nonchalance, his careless gaiety
were gone.
'You know what I do not want to say to her, M. de Cocheforet,' I
answered. 'That should be enough.'
He glowered at me a moment, still ill content. Then, without a
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