| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Damaged Goods by Upton Sinclair: said, "you are wasting your time."
"I tell you--" began the other.
"I know exactly what you are going to tell me!" cried George.
"Well, in that case, there is nothing more for you to do here--
run along."
"Since I am here," said the patient submissively, "I will hear
you."
"Very well, then. I tell you that if you have the will and the
perseverance, none of the things you fear will happen to you."
"Of course, it is your duty to tell me that."
"I will tell you that there are one hundred thousand like you in
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: know you were not able, you were incapable of
thinking and seeing as I do, and therefore you
could not change your life and make sacrifices to
that which you did not accept. Besides, I do not
blame you; on the contrary, I remember with love
and gratitude the thirty-five long years of our life
in common, and especially the first half of the
time when, with the courage and devotion of your
maternal nature, you bravely bore what you re-
garded as your mission. You have given largely
of maternal love and made some heavy sacrifices
The Forged Coupon |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: stepped forward and laid on it a large cross made of white and pink
almond-blossoms. As she did so, the moon came out from behind a
cloud, and flooded with its silent silver the little churchyard,
and from a distant copse a nightingale began to sing. She thought
of the ghost's description of the Garden of Death, her eyes became
dim with tears, and she hardly spoke a word during the drive home.
The next morning, before Lord Canterville went up to town, Mr. Otis
had an interview with him on the subject of the jewels the ghost
had given to Virginia. They were perfectly magnificent, especially
a certain ruby necklace with old Venetian setting, which was really
a superb specimen of sixteenth-century work, and their value was so
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