| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Youth by Joseph Conrad: swing of his arm flung it at the fire. 'Take this!' he
cried.
"The skipper lingered disconsolately, and we left him
to commune alone for awhile with his first command.
Then I went up again and brought him away at last. It
was time. The ironwork on the poop was hot to the
touch.
"Then the painter of the long-boat was cut, and the
three boats, tied together, drifted clear of the ship. It
was just sixteen hours after the explosion when we aban-
doned her. Mahon had charge of the second boat, and I
Youth |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: swallowed was Mr. Jeremy's galoshes.
Mr. Jeremy bounced up to the
surface of the water, like a cork and
the bubbles out of a soda water
bottle; and he swam with all his
might to the edge of the pond.
He scrambled out on the first bank
he came to, and he hopped home
across the meadow with his
mackintosh all in tatters.
"What a mercy that was not a
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White: at. It seemed that he trusted me not to put him at
anything that would hurt him. This was an invaluable
trait when an example had to be set to the reluctance
of the other horses. He was a great swimmer.
Probably the most winning quality of his nature was
his extreme friendliness. He was always wandering
into camp to be petted, nibbling me over with his
lips, begging to have his forehead rubbed, thrusting
his nose under an elbow, and otherwise telling how
much he thought of us. Whoever broke him did a
good job. I never rode a better-reined horse. A mere
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