| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson: At last one came running, and told them all was lost: that the
powers of darkness had besieged the Heavenly Mansions, that Odin
was to die, and evil triumph.
"I have been grossly deceived," cried the virtuous person.
"All is lost now," said the priest.
"I wonder if it is too late to make it up with the devil?" said the
virtuous person.
"Oh, I hope not," said the priest. "And at any rate we can but
try. But what are you doing with your axe?" says he to the rover.
"I am off to die with Odin," said the rover.
XVIII. - THE TOUCHSTONE.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: had once played me a very mean trick. I owed him a grudge, I felt
awfully savage at the time, and I vowed that, when I got a chance,
I would, figuratively speaking, put his nose out of joint.
There was a matter of some sixty thousand dollars at stake.
If I put it out of his way, it was a blow the fellow would feel,
and he really deserved no quarter. I jumped into a hack and went
about my business, and it was in this hack--this immortal,
historical hack--that the curious thing I speak of occurred.
It was a hack like any other, only a trifle dirtier,
with a greasy line along the top of the drab cushions,
as if it had been used for a great many Irish funerals.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: As they left the garden he walked beside Mrs. Vivian, Angela going
in front of them at a distance. The elder lady began immediately
to talk to him of Gordon Wright.
"He 's not coming back for another week, you know," she said.
"I am sorry he stays away so long."
"Ah yes," Bernard answered, "it seems very long indeed."
And it had, in fact, seemed to him very long.
"I suppose he is always likely to have business," said Mrs. Vivian.
"You may be very sure it is not for his pleasure that he stays away."
"I know he is faithful to old friends," said Mrs. Vivian.
"I am sure he has not forgotten us."
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