| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche: And we--we bear loyally what is apportioned unto us, on hard shoulders,
over rugged mountains! And when we sweat, then do people say to us: "Yea,
life is hard to bear!"
But man himself only is hard to bear! The reason thereof is that he
carrieth too many extraneous things on his shoulders. Like the camel
kneeleth he down, and letteth himself be well laden.
Especially the strong load-bearing man in whom reverence resideth. Too
many EXTRANEOUS heavy words and worths loadeth he upon himself--then
seemeth life to him a desert!
And verily! Many a thing also that is OUR OWN is hard to bear! And many
internal things in man are like the oyster--repulsive and slippery and hard
Thus Spake Zarathustra |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 105: 24 And He increased His people greatly, and made them too mighty for their adversaries.
Psalms 105: 25 He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.
Psalms 105: 26 He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen.
Psalms 105: 27 They wrought among them His manifold signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
Psalms 105: 28 He sent darkness, and it was dark; and they rebelled not against His word.
Psalms 105: 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
Psalms 105: 30 Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings.
Psalms 105: 31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats in all their borders.
Psalms 105: 32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
Psalms 105: 33 He smote their vines also and their fig-trees; and broke the trees of their borders.
Psalms 105: 34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the canker-worm without number,
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: Highlander.
"It may not be spoken," answered the mountaineer.
"That is to say," interpreted Major Dalgetty, "he desires to have
his name concealed, in respect he hath in former days taken a
castle, slain certain children, and done other things, whilk, as
your good lordship knows, are often practised in war time, but
excite no benevolence towards the perpetrator in the friends of
those who sustain injury. I have known, in my military
experience, many brave cavaliers put to death by the boors,
simply for having used military license upon the country."
"I understand," said Montrose: "This person is at feud with some
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