| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Somebody's Little Girl by Martha Young: would almost wonder if she did not just remember them. When she
would give one just a little pinch to see if that one was a real
sure-enough little girl, why that little girl would say, ``Don't.''
She would say ``Don't!'' just the same as a little girl in the row of
little girls all with blue checked aprons would say ``Don't,'' if you
pinched one of them ever so little.
There were no Sisters on that high mountain. Sister Helen Vincula
was the only Sister there. That seemed very strange to Bessie Bell.
One day the strangest thing of all so far happened.
One little girl called another little girl with whom she was
playing, ``Sister.''
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: EZE 17:20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in
my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there
for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
EZE 17:21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the
sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye
shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.
EZE 17:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest
branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top
of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain
and eminent:
EZE 17:23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum: and the wild-flowers seem lonesome. It must be
nicer where there are no trees and there is room
for lots of people to live together."
"I wonder if any of the people we shall meet
will be as splendid as I am," said the Patchwork
Girl. "All I have seen, so far, have pale,
colorless skins and clothes as blue as the country
they live in, while I am of many gorgeous colors--
face and body and clothes. That is why I am bright
and contented, Ojo, while you are blue and sad."
"I think I made a mistake in giving you so many
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