| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Of The Nature of Things by Lucretius: A mighty part of wet, since we behold
Oft in a single night the highways dried
By winds, and soft mud crusted o'er at dawn.
Again, I've taught thee that the clouds bear off
Much moisture too, up-taken from the reaches
Of the mighty main, and sprinkle it about
O'er all the zones, when rain is on the lands
And winds convey the aery racks of vapour.
Lastly, since earth is porous through her frame,
And neighbours on the seas, girdling their shores,
The water's wet must seep into the lands
Of The Nature of Things |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Heap O' Livin' by Edgar A. Guest: 'Tis better to have tried in vain............. 83
To do your little bit of toil................. 133
To gentle ways I am inclined.................. 90
To happiness I raise my glass................. 146
To live as gently as I can.................... 15
Time was when spring returned we went......... 156
'Twas not so many years ago................... 154
Used to wonder just why father................ 46
We can be great by helping one another........ 73
We was speakin' of folks, jes' common folks... 36
When an apple tree is ready for the world..... 68
A Heap O' Livin' |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett: capsize. "That you, Asa? Good-mornin'," she said politely.
"I al'ays liked the starn seat best. When'd you git back from up
country?"
This allusion to Asa's origin was not lost upon the rest of
the company. We were some little distance from shore, but we could
hear a chuckle of laughter, and Asa, a person who was too ready
with his criticism and advice on every possible subject, turned and
walked indignantly away.
When we caught the wind we were soon on our seaward course,
and only stopped to underrun a trawl, for the floats of which Mrs.
Todd looked earnestly, explaining that her mother might not be
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