| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: Another look passed between the ladies, and Aunt March said
to Amy, 'You are quite strong and well no, dear, I believe? Eyes
don't trouble you any more, do they?"
"Not at all, thank you, ma'am. I'm very well, and mean to do
great things next winter, so that I may be ready for Rome, whenever
that joyful time arrives."
"Good girl! You deserve to go, and I'm sure you will some
day," said Aunt March, with an approving; pat on the head, as Amy
picked up her ball for her.
Crosspatch, draw the latch,
Sit by the fire and spin,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rivers to the Sea by Sara Teasdale: For him the happiness of light,
For me a delicate despair.
II
Off Algiers
Oh give me neither love nor tears,
Nor dreams that sear the night with fire,
Go lightly on your pilgrimage
Unburdened by desire.
RIVERS TO THE SEA
Forget me for a month, a year,
But, oh, beloved, think of me
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: again, we might choose Peter's defiance of the lions, when he
drew a circle round him on the ground with an arrow and dared
them to cross it; and though he waited for hours, with the other
boys and Wendy looking on breathlessly from trees, not one of
them dared to accept his challenge.
Which of these adventures shall we choose? The best way will
be to toss for it.
I have tossed, and the lagoon has won. This almost makes one
wish that the gulch or the cake or Tink's leaf had won. Of
course I could do it again, and make it best out of three;
however, perhaps fairest to stick to the lagoon.
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