| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Proverbs 21: 14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a present in the bosom strong wrath.
Proverbs 21: 15 To do justly is joy to the righteous, but ruin to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 21: 16 The man that strayeth out of the way of understanding shall rest in the congregation of the shades.
Proverbs 21: 17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Proverbs 21: 18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; and the faithless cometh in the stead of the upright.
Proverbs 21: 19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 21: 20 There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.
Proverbs 21: 21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, prosperity, and honour.
Proverbs 21: 22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and bringeth down the stronghold wherein it trusteth.
Proverbs 21: 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 21: 24 A proud and haughty man, scorner is his name, even he that dealeth in overbearing pride.
The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll: shaking her hand about as if she wanted to shake it off.
`My finger's bleeding! Oh, oh, oh, oh!'
Her screams were so exactly like the whistle of a steam-engine,
that Alice had to hold both her hands over her ears.
`What IS the matter?' she said, as soon as there was a chance
of making herself heard. `Have you pricked your finger?'
`I haven't pricked it YET,' the Queen said, `but I soon shall--
oh, oh, oh!'
`When do you expect to do it?' Alice asked, feeling very much
inclined to laugh.
`When I fasten my shawl again,' the poor Queen groaned out:
Through the Looking-Glass |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from What is Man? by Mark Twain: base instinct does bring me profit sometimes; I was the only man
out of thirty-two hundred who got his money back on those two operas.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
Is it true that the sun of a man's mentality touches noon at
forty and then begins to wane toward setting? Doctor Osler is
charged with saying so. Maybe he said it, maybe he didn't; I
don't know which it is. But if he said it, I can point him to a
case which proves his rule. Proves it by being an exception to
it. To this place I nominate Mr. Howells.
I read his VENETIAN DAYS about forty years ago. I compare
it with his paper on Machiavelli in a late number of HARPER, and
What is Man? |
