| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lucile by Owen Meredith: But while o'er the brim of life's beaker I dip,
Though the cup may next moment be shatter'd, the wine
Spilt, one deep health I'll pledge, and that health shall be thine,
O being of beauty and bliss! seen and known
In the deeps of my soul, and possess'd there alone!
My days know thee not; and my lips name thee never.
Thy place in my poor life is vacant forever.
We have met: we have parted. No more is recorded
In my annals on earth. This alone was afforded
To the man whom men know me, or deem me, to be.
But, far down, in the depth of my life's mystery,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: implacable. With two strikes and three balls he
hit straight down to white, and was out. The
ball had been so sharp that neither runner on base
had a chance to advance.
Two men out, two on base, Stars wanting three
runs to tie, Scott, a weak batter, at the plate!
The situation was disheartening. Yet there sat
Delaney, shot through and through with some
vital compelling force. He saw only victory. And
when the very first ball pitched to Scott hit him
on the leg, giving him his base, Delaney got to his
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wife, et al by Anton Chekhov: window, huddled against the wall, stood a woman in a black dress,
with the moonlight bright upon her, looking at me with great
eyes. Her face was pale, stern, and weird-looking in the
moonlight, like marble, her chin was quivering.
"It is I," she said -- " I . . . Katya."
In the moonlight all women's eyes look big and black, all people
look taller and paler, and that was probably why I had not
recognized her for the first minute.
"What is it?"
"Forgive me! " she said. "I suddenly felt unbearably miserable .
. . I couldn't stand it, so came here. There was a light in your
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