| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Jolly Corner by Henry James: have known how, straight and swiftly, to the bottom.
Well, as he had held out, here he was - still at the top, among the
more intricate upper rooms and with the gauntlet of the others, of
all the rest of the house, still to run when it should be his time
to go. He would go at his time - only at his time: didn't he go
every night very much at the same hour? He took out his watch -
there was light for that: it was scarcely a quarter past one, and
he had never withdrawn so soon. He reached his lodgings for the
most part at two - with his walk of a quarter of an hour. He would
wait for the last quarter - he wouldn't stir till then; and he kept
his watch there with his eyes on it, reflecting while he held it
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Exodus 7: 11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their secret arts.
Exodus 7: 12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents; but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Exodus 7: 13 And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.
Exodus 7: 14 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.
Exodus 7: 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand.
Exodus 7: 16 And thou shalt say unto him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying: Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness; and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened;
Exodus 7: 17 thus saith the LORD: In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD--behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
Exodus 7: 18 And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.'
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: glittered in the bright sunlight.
Never was there more complete surprise. In the earlier morning the Hurons had
crept up to within a rifle shot of the encampment, and at an opportune moment
when all the scouts and runners were round the torture-stake, they had reached
the hillside from which they rode into the village before the inhabitants knew
what had happened. Not an Indian raised a weapon. There were screams from the
women and children, a shouted command from Big Tree, and then all stood still
and waited.
Thundercloud, the war chief of the Wyandots, pulled his black stallion back on
his haunches not twenty feet from the prisoner at the stake. His band of
painted devils closed in behind him. Full two hundred strong were they and all
Betty Zane |
