| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Roads of Destiny by O. Henry: from that ranch were more relentless and vengeful than Kentucky
feudists when wrong or harm was done to one of them. So, with the
wisdom that has characterized many great farmers, the Kid decided to
pile up as many leagues as possible of chaparral and pear between
himself and the retaliation of the Coralitos bunch.
Near the station was a store; and near the store, scattered among the
mesquits and elms, stood the saddled horses of the customers. Most of
them waited, half asleep, with sagging limbs and drooping heads. But
one, a long-legged roan with a curved neck, snorted and pawed the
turf. Him the Kid mounted, gripped with his knees, and slapped gently
with the owner's own quirt.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Moral Emblems by Robert Louis Stevenson: My cut shall hand their memory down.
Poem: II
The careful angler chose his nook
At morning by the lilied brook,
And all the noon his rod he plied
By that romantic riverside.
Soon as the evening hours decline
Tranquilly he'll return to dine,
And, breathing forth a pious wish,
Will cram his belly full of fish.
Poem: III
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: Complures annos portoria reliquaque omnia Haeduorum vectigalia parvo
pretio redempta habere, propterea quod illo licente contra liceri audeat
nemo. His rebus et suam rem familiarem auxisse et facultates ad
largiendum magnas comparasse; magnum umerum equitatus suo sumptu semper
alere et circum se habere, neque solum domi, sed etiam apud finitimas
civitates largiter posse, atque huius potentiae causa matrem in
Biturigibus homini illic nobilissimo ac potentissimo conlocasse; ipsum ex
Helvetiis uxorem habere, sororum ex matre et propinquas suas nuptum in
alias civitates conlocasse. Favere et cupere Helvetiis propter eam
adfinitatem, odisse etiam suo nomine Caesarem et Romanos, quod eorum
adventu potentia eius deminuta et Diviciacus frater in antiquum locum
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