| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: the daylight, the deaf who has never heard the harmonies of
nature, the dumb who has never found a voice for his soul, and,
under a false cloak of shame, you will not pity this blindness of
heart, this deafness of soul, this dumbness of conscience, which
sets the poor afflicted creature beside herself and makes her, in
spite of herself, incapable of seeing what is good, of bearing
the Lord, and of speaking the pure language of love and faith.
Hugo has written Marion Delorme, Musset has written Bernerette,
Alexandre Dumas has written Fernande, the thinkers and poets of
all time have brought to the courtesan the offering of their
pity, and at times a great man has rehabilitated them with his
Camille |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Roads of Destiny by O. Henry: and came inside. He saw the examiner busy with the money, and, going
into the little "pony corral," as he called it, in which his desk was
railed off, he began to look over his letters.
Earlier, a little incident had occurred that even the sharp eyes of
the examiner had failed to notice. When he had begun his work at the
cash counter, Mr. Edlinger had winked significantly at Roy Wilson, the
youthful bank messenger, and nodded his head slightly toward the front
door. Roy understood, got his hat, and walked leisurely out, with his
collector's book under his arm. Once outside, he made a bee-line for
the Stockmen's National. That bank was also getting ready to open. No
customers had, as yet, presented themselves.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: Leviticus 6: 8 (6:1) And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Leviticus 6: 9 (6:2) Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the burnt-offering: it is that which goeth up on its firewood upon the altar all night unto the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning thereby.
Leviticus 6: 10 (6:3) And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh; and he shall take up the ashes whereto the fire hath consumed the burnt-offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
Leviticus 6: 11 (6:4) And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
Leviticus 6: 12 (6:5) And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning thereby, it shall not go out; and the priest shall kindle wood on it every morning; and he shall lay the burnt-offering in order upon it, and shall make smoke thereon the fat of the peace-offerings.
Leviticus 6: 13 (6:6) Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.
Leviticus 6: 14 (6:7) And this is the law of the meal-offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, in front of the altar.
Leviticus 6: 15 (6:8) And he shall take up therefrom his handful, of the fine flour of the meal-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meal-offering, and shall 
The Tanach |
