| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Melmoth Reconciled by Honore de Balzac: bringing light and warmth for other men, kindled by the unfailing
charity within. This was Sir John Melmoth's confessor.
"Your brother made an end that men may envy, and that must rejoice the
angels. Do you know what joy there is in heaven over a sinner that
repents? His tears of penitence, excited by grace, flowed without
ceasing; death alone checked them. The Holy Spirit dwelt in him. His
burning words, full of lively faith, were worthy of the Prophet-King.
If, in the course of my life, I have never heard a more dreadful
confession than from the lips of this Irish gentleman, I have likewise
never heard such fervent and passionate prayers. However great the
measures of his sins may have been, his repentance has filled the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: condemned; I obeyed to continue to live, and lived but to
obey.
'The last charge that was laid upon me was the one which has
to-night so tragically ended. Boldly telling who I was, I
was to request from your highness, on behalf of my society, a
private audience, where it was designed to murder you. If
one thing remained to me of my old convictions, it was the
hate of kings; and when this task was offered me, I took it
gladly. Alas, sir, you triumphed. As we supped, you gained
upon my heart. Your character, your talents, your designs
for our unhappy country, all had been misrepresented. I
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Heap O' Livin' by Edgar A. Guest: Let others sing their songs of war............ 82
Life is a challenge to the bold............... 145
Life is a gift to be used every day........... 63
Little Master Mischievous, that's the name.... 38
Ma has a dandy little book.................... 100
Ma says no, it's too much care................ 116
Men are of two kind, and he................... 180
Most every night when they're in bed.......... 64
Most folks, as I've noticed, in pleasure an'
strife...................................... 176
My father often used to say................... 185
A Heap O' Livin' |
