| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Ecclesiastes 7: 28 which yet my soul sought, but I found not; one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Ecclesiastes 7: 29 Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Ecclesiastes 8: 1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.
Ecclesiastes 8: 2 I counsel thee: keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Ecclesiastes 8: 3 Be not hasty to go out of his presence; stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Ecclesiastes 8: 4 Forasmuch as the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him: 'What doest thou?'
Ecclesiastes 8: 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment.
Ecclesiastes 8: 6 For to every matter there is a time and judgment; for the evil of man is great upon him.
Ecclesiastes 8: 7 For he knoweth not that which shall be; for even when it cometh to pass, who shall declare it unto him?
Ecclesiastes 8: 8 There is no man that hath power over the wind to retain the wind; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Walking by Henry David Thoreau: and it will have no anniversary.
I took a walk on Spaulding's Farm the other afternoon. I saw the
setting sun lighting up the opposite side of a stately pine wood.
Its golden rays straggled into the aisles of the wood as into
some noble hall. I was impressed as if some ancient and
altogether admirable and shining family had settled there in that
part of the land called Concord, unknown to me--to whom the sun
was servant--who had not gone into society in the village--who
had not been called on. I saw their park, their pleasure-ground,
beyond through the wood, in Spaulding's cranberry-meadow. The
pines furnished them with gables as they grew. Their house was
Walking |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: Thomas Halstead had confirmed the king's story as to Pereira's conduct,
he rose and said good-bye to Dingaan.
Of this matter of Hernan Pereira, Retief said little as we went back to
the camp outside the Kraal, though the little that he did say showed his
deep anger. When we arrived at the camp, however, he sent for Pereira
and Marais and several of the older Boers. I remember that among these
were Gerrit Bothma, Senior, Hendrik Labuschagne and Matthys Pretorius,
Senior, all of them persons of standing and judgment. I also was
ordered to be present. When Pereira arrived, Retief charged him openly
with having plotted my murder, and asked him what he had to say. Of
course, his answer was a flat denial, and an accusation against me of
Marie |
