| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from To-morrow by Joseph Conrad: heard of it. They had a sort of gift for prospect-
ing, and the fever of it was on them too; and they
did not seem to want the gold very much. They
would find some rich spot, and then turn their backs
on it; pick up perhaps a little--enough for a
spree--and then be off again, looking for more.
They never stopped long where there were houses;
they had no wife, no chick, no home, never a chum.
You couldn't be friends with a Gambucino; they
were too restless--here to-day, and gone, God
knows where, to-morrow. They told no one of
To-morrow |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Dreams & Dust by Don Marquis: What voices thrill her and recall
The poignant joy of happier years?
She dreams 'tis not the winds which pass
That whisper through the shaken vine;
Whose footstep stirs the rustling grass
None else that listened might divine;
She sees her child that never was
Look up with longing in his eyne.
Unkissed, his lifted forehead gains
A grace not earthly, but more rare--
For since her heart but only feigns,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: me, if you mean that."
"And you've felt when other people were
pleased with you?" he insisted.
"Well, sometimes. The men in town, at the
banks and the county offices, seem glad to see
me. I think, myself, it is more pleasant to
do business with people who are clean and
healthy-looking," she admitted blandly.
O Pioneers! |
