| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from 1492 by Mary Johntson: is good for thinking out. You would not believe how many
enemies I have in Spain. Margarite and Father Buil are
but two of a crowd. Fonseca, who should give me all aid,
gives me all hindrance. I have throngs of foes; men who
envy me; men who thought I might give them the golden
sun, and I could not; hidalgos who hold that God made
them to enjoy, standing on other men's shoulders, eating
the grapes and throwing down the empty skins, and I made
them to labor like the others; and not in Heaven or Hell
will they forgive me! And others--and others. They have
turned the King a little their way. I knew that, ere I went
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Poems of Goethe, Bowring, Tr. by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Proudly hath the Orient sprung;
Who loves Hafis and knows him, he
Knows what Caldron hath sung.
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IF the ass that bore the Saviour
Were to Mecca driven, he
Would not alter, but would be
Still an ass in his behavior.
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THE flood of passion storms with fruitless strife
'Gainst the unvanquished solid land.--
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Stories From the Old Attic by Robert Harris: Soon the race started. The horses bolted from the gate and took off
at top speed. Looking Good looked good around the first turn.
"Yay, yay, yay!" the girl yelled, jumping up and down as the desire
of her heart moved forward. "I'm winning! I'm winning!"
"Patience, my child," said her father. "In horse racing, unlike in
life, we look only at the finish, not at the progress."
"I sure hope that's true," the boy said, "because Sure Win is
running fifth."
"Yes, my son," replied his father, trying to soften an inevitable
blow, "although you know you cannot gamble and be sure at the
same time."
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