| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: NEH 6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my
words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
NEH 7:1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up
the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were
appointed,
NEH 7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the
palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God
above many.
NEH 7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened
until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors,
and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum: may imagine, and it was fully an hour before the Queen and her train
retired to their rooms. Perhaps they would not have gone then had not
the band begun to play to announce new arrivals; but before they left
the great Throne-Room King Evardo added to Ozma's birthday presents a
diadem of diamonds set in radium.
The next comer proved to be King Renard of Foxville; or King Dox, as
he preferred to be called. He was magnificently dressed in a new
feather costume and wore white kid mittens over his paws and a flower
in his button-hole and had his hair parted in the middle.
King Dox thanked Dorothy fervently for getting him the invitation to
come to Oz, which he all his life longed to visit. He strutted around
The Road to Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: lifeblood of our most heroic selves, and to pledge each other
therein, with vows whereat the stars shall tremble in their
spheres, and Luna, blushing, veil her silver cheeks. Your blood
alone is wanted to fill up the goblet. Sit down, John
Brimblecombe, and bare your arm!"
"But, Mr. Frank!--"said Jack, who was as superstitious as any old
wife, and, what with the darkness and the discourse, already in a
cold perspiration.
"But me no buts! or depart as recreant, not by the door like a man,
but up the chimney like a flittermouse."
"But, Mr. Frank!"
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