| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
JDG 2:7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all
the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great
works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
JDG 2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being
an hundred and ten years old.
JDG 2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill
Gaash.
JDG 2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers:
and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD,
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Purse by Honore de Balzac: fainting.
The new purse, substituted for his own, and which contained his
fifteen gold louis, was worked with gilt beads. The rings and
tassels bore witness to Adelaide's good taste, and she had no
doubt spent all her little hoard in ornamenting this pretty piece
of work. It was impossible to say with greater delicacy that the
painter's gift could only be repaid by some proof of affection.
Hippolyte, overcome with happiness, turned to look at Adelaide
and her mother, and saw that they were tremulous with pleasure
and delight at their little trick. He felt himself mean, sordid,
a fool; he longed to punish himself, to rend his heart. A few
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: "What a plague is one to do, then? That fellow was a Papist spy!"
"Of course he was!" said Frank.
"Then, what is one to do, if the whole country is full of them?"
"Not to make fools of ourselves about them, and so leave them to
make fools of themselves."
"That's all very fine: but--well, I shall remember the villain's
face if I see him again."
"There is no harm in that," said Frank.
"Glad you think so."
"Don't quarrel with me, Amyas, the first day."
"Quarrel with thee, my darling old fellow! I had sooner kiss the
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