| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Songs of Travel by Robert Louis Stevenson: From his rude sire's imperious mind,
Until his day came when he died,
He lived, he reigned, he versified.
But chiefly him I celebrate
That was the pillar of the state,
Ruled, wise of word and bold of mien,
The peaceful and the warlike scene;
And played alike the leader's part
In lawful and unlawful art.
His soldiers with emboldened ears
Heard him laugh among the spears.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Long Odds by H. Rider Haggard: old Kaptein, who was lying down contentedly against the disselboom,
chewing the cud with a good conscience.
"Presently, however, Kaptein began to get restless. First he snorted,
then he got up and snorted again. I could not make it out, so like a
fool I got down off the waggon-box to have a look round, thinking it
might be the lost oxen coming.
"Next instant I regretted it, for all of a sudden I heard a roar and saw
something yellow flash past me and light on poor Kaptein. Then came a
bellow of agony from the ox, and a crunch as the lion put his teeth
through the poor brute's neck, and I began to understand what had
happened. My rifle was in the waggon, and my first thought being to get
Long Odds |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: tongue.
Those whom ye call on other than God are servants like yourselves.
Call on them then, and let them answer you, if so be ye tell the
truth! Have they feet to walk with? or have they hands to hold with?
or have they eyes to see with? or have they ears to hear with? Call
upon your partners; then plot against me, and do not wait.
Verily, my patron is God, who hath sent down the Book, and He is the
patron of the righteous. But those whom ye call on beside Him cannot
help you, nor can they even help themselves. But if ye call them
unto the guidance they will not hear, thou mayest see them looking
towards thee, yet they do not see. Take to pardon, and order what is
The Koran |
