| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard
the whizz of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death. Slowly
it fluttered down to the earth, with its life-blood pouring out of
it. Looking down upon the Arrow with which it had been pierced,
it found that the shaft of the Arrow had been feathered with one
of its own plumes. "Alas!" it cried, as it died,
"We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction."
The Milkmaid and Her Pail
Patty the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in a
Pail on her head. As she went along she began calculating what
she would do with the money she would get for the milk. "I'll buy
Aesop's Fables |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: Say, 'Have ye considered if your waters on the morrow should have
sunk, who is to bring you flowing water?'
THE CHAPTER OF THE PEN
(LXVIII. Mecca.)
IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
NUN. By the pen, and what they write, thou art not, by God's
grace, mad! and, verily, thine is a hire that is not grudged! and,
verily, thou art of a grand nature!
But thou shalt see and they shall see which of you is the
infatuated.
Verily, thy Lord He knows best who errs from His way; and He knows
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin: which you see the Golden River issue, and shall cast into the stream
at its source three drops of holy water, for him and for him only
the river shall turn to gold. But no one failing in his first can
succeed in a second attempt, and if anyone shall cast unholy water
into the river, it will overwhelm him and he will become a black
stone." So saying, the King of the Golden River turned away and
deliberately walked into the center of the hottest flame of the
furnace. His figure became red, white, transparent, dazzling,--a
blaze of intense light,--rose, trembled, and disappeared. The King
of the Golden River had evaporated.
"Oh!" cried poor Gluck, running to look up the chimney after
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