| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: Lucy slept well into the day, and when she woke she was fairly
well and strong, though not nearly so much so as the day before.
When Van Helsing had seen her, he went out for a walk,
leaving me in charge, with strict injunctions that I was not
to leave her for a moment. I could hear his voice in the hall,
asking the way to the nearest telegraph office.
Lucy chatted with me freely, and seemed quite unconscious that
anything had happened. I tried to keep her amused and interested.
When her mother came up to see her, she did not seem to notice
any change whatever, but said to me gratefully,
"We owe you so much, Dr. Seward, for all you have done, but you really must
Dracula |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske: are to provide neither money, nor clothes, nor food, but are to
live at the expense of those whom they visit; and if any town
refuse to harbour them, the Messiah, on his arrival, will deal
with that town more severely than Jehovah dealt with the cities
of the plain. Indeed, since the end of the world was to come
before the end of the generation then living (Matt. xxiv. 34; 1
Cor. xv. 51-56, vii. 29), there could be no need for acquiring
property or making arrangements for the future; even marriage
became unnecessary. These teachings of Jesus have a marked
Essenian character, as well as his declaration that in the
Messianic kingdom there was to be no more marriage, perhaps no
The Unseen World and Other Essays |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Art of War by Sun Tzu: water, and they will not disobey."
But the King replied: "Let our general cease drilling
and return to camp. As for us, We have no wish to come down
and inspect the troops."
Thereupon Sun Tzu said: "The King is only fond of
words, and cannot translate them into deeds."
After that, Ho Lu saw that Sun Tzu was one who knew how
to handle an army, and finally appointed him general. In the
west, he defeated the Ch`u State and forced his way into
Ying, the capital; to the north he put fear into the States
of Ch`i and Chin, and spread his fame abroad amongst the
The Art of War |
