| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: she knew of the material foundation on which her happiness was
built.
She glanced again at her husband, and was reassured by the
composure of his face; yet she felt the need of more definite
grounds for her reassurance.
"But doesn't this suit worry you? Why have you never spoken to
me about it?"
He answered both questions at once: "I didn't speak of it at
first because it DID worry me--annoyed me, rather. But it's all
ancient history now. Your correspondent must have got hold of a
back number of the 'Sentinel.'"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: blind those people who don't understand them; but
inwardly they are petty, ravening wolves of greed and
ingratitude. Go and tell them; they don't know
themselves. Show them what they are. It is your
Christian duty."
"You don't mean for me to stop doing for them?"
"I certainly do mean just that -- for a while,
anyway."
"They can't possibly get along, Edward; they
will suffer."
"They have a little money, haven't they?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw: without returning to her home. But she privately resolved to
discourage the attentions of Erskine, suspecting that instead of
being in love with her as he pretended, he had merely been
recommended by Jane to marry her.
Chichester Erskine had made sketches in Palestine with Sir
Charles, and had tramped with him through many European picture
galleries. He was a young man of gentle birth, and had inherited
fifteen hundred a year from his mother, the bulk of the family
property being his elder brother's. Having no profession, and
being fond of books and pictures, he had devoted himself to fine
art, a pursuit which offered him on the cheapest terms a high
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