| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Complete Poems of Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: And a mist before the eye.
And the words of that fatal song
Come over me like a chill:
"A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts."
Strange to me now are the forms I meet
When I visit the dear old town;
But the native air is pure and sweet,
And the trees that o'ershadow each well-known street,
As they balance up and down,
Are singing the beautiful song,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum: the piglet."
So the two went to the dressing-room of the Princess and searched
carefully in every corner and among the vases and baskets and
ornaments that stood about the pretty boudoir. But not a trace could
they find of the tiny creature they sought.
Dorothy was nearly weeping, by this time, while Ozma was angry and
indignant. When they returned to the others the Princess said:
"There is little doubt that my pretty piglet has been eaten by that
horrid kitten, and if that is true the offender must be punished."
"I don't b'lieve Eureka would do such a dreadful thing!" cried
Dorothy, much distressed. "Go and get my kitten, please, Jellia, and
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad: memory.
"I can't see the upper sails, sir," declared
Gambril shakily.
"Don't move the helm. You'll be all right," I
said confidently.
The poor man's nerves were gone. Mine were
not in much better case. It was the moment of
breaking strain and was relieved by the abrupt
sensation of the ship moving forward as if of her-
self under my feet. I heard plainly the soughing
of the wind aloft, the low cracks of the upper spars
The Shadow Line |
