| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "You little sinner!" I exclaimed. "And you have caused
me all this anguish for nothing!"
"I have suffered even more," she answered simply, "for I
thought that you did not love me, and I was helpless.
I couldn't come to you and demand that my love be returned,
as you have just come to me. Just now when you went away
hope went with you. I was wretched, terrified, miserable,
and my heart was breaking. I wept, and I have not done
that before since my mother died," and now I saw that there
was the moisture of tears about her eyes. It was near
to making me cry myself when I thought of all that poor
At the Earth's Core |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry: all who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who give
and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they
are wisest. They are the magi.
End of this Project Gutenberg Etext of THE GIFT OF THE MAGI.
The Gift of the Magi |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: "Hold on!" Herky-Jerky yelled, as he jumped between Buell and me.
Buell's breath was a hiss, and the words he bit between his clinched teeth
were unintelligible. In that moment he would have killed me.
Herky-Jerky met his onslaught, and flung him back. Then, with his hand on
the butt of his revolver, he spoke:
"Buell, hyar's where you an' me split. You've bungled your big deal. The
kid stacked the deck on you. But I ain't a-goin' to see you do him harm fer
it."
"Herky's right, boss," put in Bill, "thar's no sense in addin' murder to
this mess. Strikes me you're in bad enough."
"So thet's your game? You're double-crossin' me now--all on a chance at
The Young Forester |
