| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lady Susan by Jane Austen: could Frederica's artless affection detach him from her mother, we might
bless the day which brought her to Churchhill. I think, my dear mother, you
would not disapprove of her as a daughter. She is extremely young, to be
sure, has had a wretched education, and a dreadful example of levity in her
mother; but yet I can pronounce her disposition to be excellent, and her
natural abilities very good. Though totally without accomplishments, she is
by no means so ignorant as one might expect to find her, being fond of
books and spending the chief of her time in reading. Her mother leaves her
more to herself than she did, and I have her with me as much as possible,
and have taken great pains to overcome her timidity. We are very good
friends, and though she never opens her lips before her mother, she talks
Lady Susan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: JOS 20:3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and
unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the
avenger of blood.
JOS 20:4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall
stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his
cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into
the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
JOS 20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall
not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour
unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
JOS 20:6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the
King James Bible |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: and has sustained slight injuries to the head. She was taken to
the infirmary, and on recovering consciousness gave her name as
Jane Finn. When--ah!--I heard that, I arranged for her to be
removed to the house of a doctor--a friend of mine, and wired at
once for you. She relapsed into unconsciousness and has not
spoken since."
"She's not seriously hurt?"
"Oh, a bruise and a cut or two; really, from a medical point of
view, absurdly slight injuries to have produced such a condition.
Her state is probably to be attributed to the mental shock
consequent on recovering her memory."
Secret Adversary |
