| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: knew of it, but Colonel and Mrs. Forster, and Kitty and me,
except my aunt, for we were forced to borrow one of her
gowns; and you cannot imagine how well he looked! When
Denny, and Wickham, and Pratt, and two or three more of the
men came in, they did not know him in the least. Lord! how I
laughed! and so did Mrs. Forster. I thought I should have died.
And THAT made the men suspect something, and then they
soon found out what was the matter."
With such kinds of histories of their parties and good jokes, did
Lydia, assisted by Kitty's hints and additions, endeavour to
amuse her companions all the way to Longbourn. Elizabeth
Pride and Prejudice |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum: I can easily pass through them whenever I wish, and so can Peter
and Nuter and Kilter. Is it not so, comrades?"
"I often pass through the walls when I gather up the letters," said
Kilter, and that was a long speech for him, and so surprised Peter and
Nuter that their big round eyes nearly popped out of their heads.
"Therefore," continued the Fairy, "you may as well take us with you on
your next journey, and when we come to one of those houses with stoves
instead of fireplaces we will distribute the toys to the children
without the need of using a chimney."
"That seems to me a good plan," replied Santa Claus, well pleased at
having solved the problem. "We will try it next year."
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Of The Nature of Things by Lucretius: The lofty heavens from the lands, and cause
The sea to spread with waters separate,
And fires of ether separate and pure
Likewise to congregate apart.
For, lo,
First came together the earthy particles
(As being heavy and intertangled) there
In the mid-region, and all began to take
The lowest abodes; and ever the more they got
One with another intertangled, the more
They pressed from out their mass those particles
Of The Nature of Things |
