| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: "Whut mah lamb gwine wear?"
"That," answered Scarlett, pointing at the fluffy mass of green
flowered muslin. Instantly Mammy was in arms.
"No, you ain'. It ain' fittin' fer mawnin'. You kain show yo'
buzzum befo' three o'clock an' dat dress ain' got no neck an' no
sleeves. An' you'll git freckled sho as you born, an' Ah ain'
figgerin' on you gittin' freckled affer all de buttermilk Ah been
puttin' on you all dis winter, bleachin' dem freckles you got at
Savannah settin' on de beach. Ah sho gwine speak ter yo' Ma 'bout
you."
"If you say one word to her before I'm dressed I won't eat a
Gone With the Wind |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa: Suddenly he paused and dropped his hands at his sides.
"The old great-grandfather does not feel the cold as I do. He
does not need my old blanket as I do. I wish I had not given it to
him. Oh! I think I'll run up there and take it back!" said he,
pointing his long chin toward the large gray stone.
Iktomi, in the warm sunshine, had no need of his blanket, and
it had been very easy to part with a thing which he could not miss.
But the chilly night wind quite froze his ardent thank-offering.
Thus running up the hillside, his teeth chattering all the
way, he drew near to Inyan, the sacred symbol. Seizing one corner
of the half-worn blanket, Iktomi pulled it off with a jerk.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: "Doubtless."
"And yet they say at Paris that the bishopric of Vannes is
one of the best in France."
"Ah! you are now speaking of temporal wealth," said Aramis,
with a careless air.
"To be sure, I wish to speak of that; I hold by it, on my
part."
"In that case, let me speak of it," said Aramis, with a
smile.
"You own yourself to be one of the richest prelates in
France?"
Ten Years Later |
