| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum: "In other words, the more stupid one is, the more he thinks he knows,"
observed the shaggy man. The grey donkey paid no attention to this
speech because he had just stopped before a house which had painted
over the doorway a pair of hoofs, with a donkey tail between them and
a rude crown and sceptre above.
"I'll see if his magnificent Majesty King Kik-a-bray is at home," said
he. He lifted his head and called "Whee-haw! whee-haw! whee-haw!"
three times, in a shocking voice, turning about and kicking with his
heels against the panel of the door. For a time there was no reply;
then the door opened far enough to permit a donkey's head to stick out
and look at them.
The Road to Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
LUK 7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one
owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
LUK 7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them
both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
LUK 7:43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave
most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
LUK 7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou
this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my
feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the
hairs of her head.
King James Bible |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James: "But it isn't so much that."
"What is it, then?"
"Well--I want to see more life."
"I see; I see." We had arrived within sight of the church and
of various persons, including several of the household of Bly,
on their way to it and clustered about the door to see us go in.
I quickened our step; I wanted to get there before the question
between us opened up much further; I reflected hungrily that,
for more than an hour, he would have to be silent; and I thought
with envy of the comparative dusk of the pew and of the almost
spiritual help of the hassock on which I might bend my knees.
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