| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare: Is richly furnished with plate and gold:
Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands;
My hangings all of Tyrian tapestry;
In ivory coffers I have stuff'd my crowns;
In cypress chests my arras counterpoints,
Costly apparel, tents, and canopies,
Fine linen, Turkey cushions boss'd with pearl,
Valance of Venice gold in needle-work;
Pewter and brass, and all things that belong
To house or housekeeping: then, at my farm
I have a hundred milch-kine to the pail,
The Taming of the Shrew |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: children.
Judge Henry at Sunk Creek had his wedding present ready. His
growing affairs in Wyoming needed his presence in many places
distant from his ranch, and he made the Virginian his partner.
When the thieves prevailed at length, as they did, forcing cattle
owners to leave the country or be ruined, the Virginian had
forestalled this crash. The herds were driven away to Montana.
Then, in 1889, came the cattle war, when, after putting their men
in office, and coming to own some of the newspapers, the thieves
brought ruin on themselves as well. For in a broken country there
is nothing left to steal.
The Virginian |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Prynne was standing beside the scaffold of the pillory, with the
scarlet letter still burning on her breast!
Now was heard again the clamour of the music, and the measured
tramp of the military escort issuing from the church door. The
procession was to be marshalled thence to the town hall, where a
solemn banquet would complete the ceremonies of the day.
Once more, therefore, the train of venerable and majestic fathers
were seen moving through a broad pathway of the people, who drew
back reverently, on either side, as the Governor and magistrates,
The Scarlet Letter |
