| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: good a master, not even if I were to go home to my mother and
father where I was bred and born. I do not so much care,
however, about my parents now, though I should dearly like to
see them again in my own country; it is the loss of Ulysses that
grieves me most; I cannot speak of him without reverence though
he is here no longer, for he was very fond of me, and took such
care of me that wherever he may be I shall always honour his
memory."
"My friend," replied Ulysses, "you are very positive, and very
hard of belief about your master's coming home again,
nevertheless I will not merely say, but will swear, that he is
The Odyssey |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: getting more and more distinct.
I wondered if the village would ever come. It seemed as if
someone had moved it since the morning.
About the first house was the old Lamb Inn, with its large stable
yard. There stood a lonely brougham, horseless with upturned
shafts. The yard was deserted.
She slipped on the cobbles, as we turned in, and almost brought
me down.
"Go on," she gasped. I'll- "
I picked her up and ran to the brougham. The humming was very
loud. To fling open the door and push her in was the work of a
The Brother of Daphne |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy: She understood that he was thanking her for having said she loved
him. He silently took a few steps up and down, and then
approached her again and sat down.
'You know . . . I have to tell you . . . I was not disinterested
when I began to make love to you. I wanted to get into society;
but later . . . how unimportant that became in comparison with
you--when I got to know you. You are not angry with me for that?'
She did not reply but merely touched his hand. He understood
that this meant: 'No, I am not angry.'
'You said . . .' He hesitated. It seemed too bold to say. 'You
said that you began to love me. I believe it--but there is
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