| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Study of a Woman by Honore de Balzac: Joseph departed without a word; admirable servant!
We began to talk of the expedition to Morea, to which I was anxious to
be appointed as physician. Eugene remarked that I should lose a great
deal of time if I left Paris. We then conversed on various matters,
and I think you will be glad if I suppress the conversation.
When the Marquise de Listomere rose, about half-past two in the
afternoon of that day, her waiting-maid, Caroline, gave her a letter
which she read while Caroline was doing her hair (an imprudence which
many young women are thoughtless enough to commit).
"Dear angel of love," said the letter, "treasure of my life and
happiness--"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: had bread and milk and blackberries
for supper.
THE TAILOR OF
GLOUCESTER
"I'll be at charges for a looking-glass;
And entertain a score or two of tailors."
[Richard III]
My Dear Freda:
Because you are fond of failytales, and have been ill, I
have made you a story all for yourself--a new one that
nobody has read before.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
EZE 5:2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the
city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a
third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt
scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
EZE 5:3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in
thy skirts.
EZE 5:4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the
fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth
into all the house of Israel.
EZE 5:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in
King James Bible |
