| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs: knife.
It was evident that she felt entirely competent to protect
herself.
As we stood there we heard the sound of voices. They were
coming from the forest through which we had passed when we
had come from camp.
"They are searching for me," said the girl. "Where shall we
hide?"
I didn't relish hiding. But when I thought of the
innumerable dangers which surrounded us and the
comparatively small amount of ammunition that I had with me,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Bucolics by Virgil: In the mid-frost should drink of Hebrus' stream,
And in wet winters face Sithonian snows,
Or, when the bark of the tall elm-tree bole
Of drought is dying, should, under Cancer's Sign,
In Aethiopian deserts drive our flocks.
Love conquers all things; yield we too to love!"
These songs, Pierian Maids, shall it suffice
Your poet to have sung, the while he sat,
And of slim mallow wove a basket fine:
To Gallus ye will magnify their worth,
Gallus, for whom my love grows hour by hour,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: His sobs woke Wendy, and she sat up in bed. She was not
alarmed to see a stranger crying on the nursery floor; she was
only pleasantly interested.
"Boy," she said courteously, "why are you crying?"
Peter could be exceeding polite also, having learned the grand
manner at fairy ceremonies, and he rose and bowed to her
beautifully. She was much pleased, and bowed beautifully to him
from the bed.
"What's your name?" he asked.
"Wendy Moira Angela Darling," she replied with some
satisfaction. "What is your name?"
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