| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: CH1 16:7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the
LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
CH1 16:8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his
deeds among the people.
CH1 16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his
wondrous works.
CH1 16:10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that
seek the LORD.
CH1 16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
CH1 16:12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders,
and the judgments of his mouth;
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy: of being followed across the Channel by so charming a companion, I
cannot, of course, conceive, but, if I mistake it not, the purpose of
this flattering attention is not one that would commend itself to my
vanity and I think that I am right in surmising, moreover, that the
first sound which your pretty lips would utter, as soon as the cruel
gag is removed, would be one that would prove a warning to the cunning
fox, which I have been at such pains to track to his lair."
He paused a moment, while the steel-like grasp seemed to tighten round
her waist; then he resumed in the same hurried whisper:--
"Inside that hut, if again I am not mistaken, your brother,
Armand St. Just, waits with that traitor de Tournay, and two other men
The Scarlet Pimpernel |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Crowd by Gustave le Bon: a belief of this latter description once established, it is
equally difficult to uproot it. It is usually only to be changed
at the cost of violent revolutions. Even revolutions can only
avail when the belief has almost entirely lost its sway over
men's minds. In that case revolutions serve to finally sweep
away what had already been almost cast aside, though the force of
habit prevented its complete abandonment. The beginning of a
revolution is in reality the end of a belief.
The precise moment at which a great belief is doomed is easily
recognisable; it is the moment when its value begins to be called
in question. Every general belief being little else than a
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