| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: CO1 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
CO1 3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or
death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;
CO1 3:23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
CO1 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and
stewards of the mysteries of God.
CO1 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found
faithful.
CO1 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of
you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
CO1 4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified:
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: did she like so many people, and why had she
seemed pleased when all the French and Bohe-
mian boys, and the priest himself, crowded
round her candy stand? Why did she care
about any one but him? Why could he never,
never find the thing he looked for in her playful,
affectionate eyes?
Then he fell to imagining that he looked once
more and found it there, and what it would be
like if she loved him,--she who, as Alexandra
O Pioneers! |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain: more.
"Hucky, do you das't to go if I lead?"
"I don't like to, much. Tom, s'pose it's Injun Joe!"
Tom quailed. But presently the temptation rose
up strong again and the boys agreed to try, with the
understanding that they would take to their heels if
the snoring stopped. So they went tiptoeing stealth-
ily down, the one behind the other. When they had
got to within five steps of the snorer, Tom stepped on
a stick, and it broke with a sharp snap. The man
moaned, writhed a little, and his face came into the
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
