| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories by Alice Dunbar: below--" she repeated to herself breathlessly. Then she stood on
the corner gazing about her, until with a final summoning of a
desperate courage she dived through a small wicket gate into a
garden of weed-choked flowers.
There was a hoarse, rusty little bell on the gate that gave
querulous tongue as she pushed it open. The house that sat back
in the yard was little and old and weather-beaten. Its one-story
frame had once been painted, but that was a memory remote and
traditional. A straggling morning-glory strove to conceal its
time-ravaged face. The little walk of broken bits of brick was
reddened carefully, and the one little step was scrupulously
The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Dawn came, and still Korak was no nearer freedom than before.
He commenced to believe that he should die there of thirst
and starvation with plenty all about him, for he knew that
Tantor could not unloose the knots that held him.
And while he struggled through the night with his bonds, Baynes
and Meriem were riding rapidly northward along the river.
The girl had assured Baynes that Korak was safe in the jungle
with Tantor. It had not occurred to her that the ape-man
might not be able to burst his bonds. Baynes had been wounded
by a shot from the rifle of one of the Arabs, and the girl wanted
to get him back to Bwana's home, where he could be properly
The Son of Tarzan |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: Job 33: 7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.
Job 33: 8 Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words;
Job 33: 9 'I am clean, without transgression, I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me;
Job 33: 10 Behold, He findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for His enemy;
Job 33: 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.'
Job 33: 12 Behold, I answer thee: In this thou art not right, that God is too great for man;
Job 33: 13 Why hast thou striven against Him? seeing that He will not answer any of his words.
Job 33: 14 For God speaketh in one way, yea in two, though man perceiveth it not.
Job 33: 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
Job 33: 16 Then He openeth the ears of men, and by their chastisement sealeth the decree,
Job 33: 17 That men may put away their purpose, and that He may hide pride from man;
The Tanach |
