| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: trembling all this while like a coward, because he knew that
he was in the wrong, let Perseus and his mother pass.
Perseus took his mother to the temple of Athene, and there
the priestess made her one of the temple-sweepers; for there
they knew she would be safe, and not even Polydectes would
dare to drag her away from the altar. And there Perseus, and
the good Dictys, and his wife, came to visit her every day;
while Polydectes, not being able to get what he wanted by
force, cast about in his wicked heart how he might get it by
cunning.
Now he was sure that he could never get back Danae as long as
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells: dreams of avarice --and a constant and increasing dripping into
the house of irrelevant remarkable objects, such as--
Real lace bedspread;
Gilt travelling clock;
Ornamental pewter plaque;
Salad bowl (silver mounted) and servers;
Madgett's "English Poets" (twelve volumes), bound purple morocco;
Etc., etc.
Through all this flutter of novelty there came and went a
solicitous, preoccupied, almost depressed figure. It was Doctor
Ralph, formerly the partner of Doctor Stickell in the Avenue, and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: I can get settled? Wasn't that squall beautiful? And I suppose
I'm late for dinner. I'll run and get clean, and be with you in a
minute."
And in the brief interval of her absence he found himself walking
about the big living-room and impatiently and with anticipation
awaiting her coming.
"Do you know, I'm never going to squabble with you again," he
announced when they were seated.
"Squabble!" was the retort. "It's such a sordid word. It sounds
cheap and nasty. I think it's much nicer to quarrel."
"Call it what you please, but we won't do it any more, will we?"
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