| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 71: 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing praises unto Thee; and my soul, which Thou hast redeemed.
Psalms 71: 24 My tongue also shall tell of Thy righteousness all the day; for they are ashamed, for they are abashed, that seek my hurt.
Psalms 72: 1 A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the king's son;
Psalms 72: 2 That he may judge Thy people with righteousness, and Thy poor with justice.
Psalms 72: 3 Let the mountains bear peace to the people, and the hills, through righteousness.
Psalms 72: 4 May he judge the poor of the people, and save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.
Psalms 72: 5 They shall fear Thee while the sun endureth, and so long as the moon, throughout all generations.
Psalms 72: 6 May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
Psalms 72: 7 In his days let the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace, till the moon be no more.
Psalms 72: 8 May he have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River unto the ends of the earth.
Psalms 72: 9 Let them that dwell in the wilderness bow before him; and his enemies lick the dust.
The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery: wife, because it might set a bad example. Mrs. Lynde says the
minister's wife over at Newbridge sets a very bad example because
she dresses so fashionably. Our new minister's wife was dressed in
blue muslin with lovely puffed sleeves and a hat trimmed with roses.
Jane Andrews said she thought puffed sleeves were too worldly for a
minister's wife, but I didn't make any such uncharitable remark,
Marilla, because I know what it is to long for puffed sleeves.
Besides, she's only been a minister's wife for a little while,
so one should make allowances, shouldn't they? They are going
to board with Mrs. Lynde until the manse is ready."
If Marilla, in going down to Mrs. Lynde's that evening, was
Anne of Green Gables |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Hiero by Xenophon: ruled."
[9] Or, "which the tyrant may accept in faith and go his way
rejoicing."
Wars doubtless there are,[10] wars waged by states and wars waged by
autocratic monarchs against those whom they have forcibly enslaved,
and in respect of these wars there is no hardship which any member of
the states at war[11] can suffer but the tyrant will feel it also.
That is to say, both must alike be under arms, keep guard, run risks;
and whatever the pains of defeat may be, they are equally sustained by
both. Up to this point there is no distinction. The "bitters" are
equal. But when we come to estimate the "sweets" derivable from
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