| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll: He had different names from these:
His intimate friends called him "Candle-ends,"
And his enemies "Toasted-cheese."
"His form in ungainly--his intellect small--"
(So the Bellman would often remark)
"But his courage is perfect! And that, after all,
Is the thing that one needs with a Snark."
He would joke with hyenas, returning their stare
With an impudent wag of the head:
And he once went a walk, paw-in-paw, with a bear,
"Just to keep up its spirits," he said.
The Hunting of the Snark |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: flirtations are all very well, but he is the type of man to be
deadly in earnest when once he falls in love."
"Thanks for your warning," Mrs. Brewster smiled, then grew serious.
"I sent for you to ask about Jimmie Turnbull's death this morning.
Barbara told me you accompanied them to the police court."
"Yes. Why weren't you with the girls?"
"Because I was told nothing of their trip to the, police court
until they had returned," she replied. "How horribly tragic the
whole affair is!" And a shiver she could not suppress crept down
her spine.
"It is," agreed Stone. "What possessed Jimmie Turnbull to play so
The Red Seal |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Princess of Parms by Edgar Rice Burroughs: officers, and, with my back against a golden throne, I fought
once again for Dejah Thoris. I was hard pressed to defend
myself and yet not strike down Sab Than and, with him,
my last chance to win the woman I loved. My blade was
swinging with the rapidity of lightning as I sought to parry
the thrusts and cuts of my opponents. Two I had disarmed,
and one was down, when several more rushed to the aid of
their new ruler, and to avenge the death of the old.
As they advanced there were cries of "The woman!
The woman! Strike her down; it is her plot. Kill her! Kill
her!"
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