| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: The exclamation fell upon Bernard's ear with a certain softly mocking
cadence which was sufficient, however, to make this organ tingle.
"Oh, after all, you know," he said, as they walked on--"after all,
you know, I am not like Wright--I have no business."
He walked with the ladies to the door of their lodging.
Angela kept always in front. She stood there, however,
at the little confectioner's window until the others came up.
She let her mother pass in, and then she said to Bernard,
looking at him--
"Shall I see you again?"
"Some time, I hope."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: grass
with veneration,
Ye, Mitra-Varuna, firm, strong, awe-inspiring, are seated on
a throne
amid oblations.
6 With hands that shed no blood, guarding the pious, whom,
Varuni3, ye
save amid oblations.
Ye Twain, together, Kings of willing spirit, uphold dominion
based on
thousand pillars.
The Rig Veda |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: himself up. He foresaw a struggle there, but he himself held one
or two strong cards - the ruthless undoing of David's work, the
involving of David for conspiring against the law. And Dick's own
obligation to the girl at home.
He was more at ease in the practical arrangements. An express went
through on the main line at midnight, and there was a local on the
branch line at eight. But the local train, the railway station,
too, were full of possible dangers. After some thought he decided
to get a car, drive down to the main line with Dick, and then send
the car back.
He went out at once and made an arrangement for a car, and on
The Breaking Point |
