| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad: "I remember," said the white man, quietly. Arsat went on with mournful
composure--
"Therefore I shall speak to you of love. Speak in the night. Speak
before both night and love are gone--and the eye of day looks upon my
sorrow and my shame; upon my blackened face; upon my burnt-up heart."
A sigh, short and faint, marked an almost imperceptible pause, and
then his words flowed on, without a stir, without a gesture.
"After the time of trouble and war was over and you went away from my
country in the pursuit of your desires, which we, men of the islands,
cannot understand, I and my brother became again, as we had been
before, the sword-bearers of the Ruler. You know we were men of
Tales of Unrest |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: wooden fence that had been pulled to pieces. Several bandaged
soldiers, with pale swollen faces, were sitting or walking about in
the sunshine in the yard.
Directly Rostov entered the door he was enveloped by a smell of
putrefaction and hospital air. On the stairs he met a Russian army
doctor smoking a cigar. The doctor was followed by a Russian
assistant.
"I can't tear myself to pieces," the doctor was saying. "Come to
Makar Alexeevich in the evening. I shall be there."
The assistant asked some further questions.
"Oh, do the best you can! Isn't it all the same?" The doctor noticed
War and Peace |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: JDG 18:6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is
your way wherein ye go.
JDG 18:7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the
people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of
the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the
land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from
the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
JDG 18:8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and
their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
JDG 18:9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we
have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be
King James Bible |
