| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: "You drink this and come to bed, David," she said peremptorily.
"I've been lying upstairs waiting for you to come up, and I need
some sleep."
He had no sort of hope that she would not notice the book.
"I just got to thinking things over, Lucy," he explained, his tone
apologetic. "There's no use pretending I'm not worried. I am."
"Well, it's in God's hands," she said, quite simply. "Take this up
and drink it slowly. If you gulp it down it makes a lump in your
stomach."
She stood by while he replaced the book in the bookcase and put out
the lights. Then in the darkness she preceded him up the stairs.
The Breaking Point |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery: Miss Barry gave Diana and me ten cents each to have our fortunes
told. Mine was that I would marry a dark-complected man who was
very wealthy, and I would go across water to live. I looked
carefully at all the dark men I saw after that, but I didn't care
much for any of them, and anyhow I suppose it's too early to be
looking out for him yet. Oh, it was a never-to-be-forgotten day,
Marilla. I was so tired I couldn't sleep at night. Miss Barry
put us in the spare room, according to promise. It was an
elegant room, Marilla, but somehow sleeping in a spare room isn't
what I used to think it was. That's the worst of growing up, and
I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you
Anne of Green Gables |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw: you to walk alone. If you prefer it I can send you in a trap with
my gardener, but I had rather accompany you myself."
"You are giving yourself a great deal of unnecessary trouble. I
will walk. I am quite well again and need no assistance."
They started without another word. Gertrude had to concentrate
all her energy to conceal from him that she was giddy. Numbness
and lassitude crept upon her, and she was beginning to hope that
she was only dreaming it all when he roused her by saying,
"Take my arm."
"No, thank you."
"Do not be so senselessly obstinate. You will have to lean on the
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