| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton: The next morning Mrs. Hawkins, dropping in to hear the result
of the trip, found Ann Eliza sitting behind the counter wrapped in
an old shawl.
"Why, Miss Bunner, you're sick! You must have fever--your
face is just as red!"
"It's nothing. I guess I caught cold yesterday on the ferry-
boat," Ann Eliza acknowledged.
"And it's jest like a vault in here!" Mrs. Hawkins rebuked
her. "Let me feel your hand--it's burning. Now, Miss Bunner,
you've got to go right to bed this very minute."
"Oh, but I can't, Mrs. Hawkins." Ann Eliza attempted a wan
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Charmides and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde: And here I set my face towards home,
For all my pilgrimage is done,
Although, methinks, yon blood-red sun
Marshals the way to Holy Rome.
O Blessed Lady, who dost hold
Upon the seven hills thy reign!
O Mother without blot or stain,
Crowned with bright crowns of triple gold!
O Roma, Roma, at thy feet
I lay this barren gift of song!
For, ah! the way is steep and long
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: 'We are God's helpers!'
And a party of the children of Israel believed, and a party
misbelieved. And we aided those who believed against their enemies,
and they were on the morrow superior!
THE CHAPTER OF THE CONGREGATION
(LXII. Medinah.)
IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
What is in the heavens and what is in the earth celebrates the
praises of God the King, the holy, the mighty, the wise!
He it is who sent unto the Gentiles a prophet amongst themselves
to recite to them His signs and to purify them, and to teach them
The Koran |
