| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: for God of what ye do doth know. It is no crime against you that ye
enter uninhabited houses,-a convenience for you;-and God knows what ye
show and what ye hide.
Say to the believers that they cast down their looks and guard their
private parts; that is purer for them; verily, God is well aware of
what they do.
And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and
guard their private parts, and display not their ornaments, except
those which are outside; and let them pull their kerchiefs over
their bosoms and not display their ornaments save to their husbands
and fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Red Inn by Honore de Balzac: The two travellers were Frenchmen. At sight of their uniforms, blue
mixed with white and faced with red velvet, their sabres, and above
all their hats covered with a green varnished-cloth and adorned with a
tricolor plume, even the German peasants had recognized army surgeons,
a body of men of science and merit liked, for the most part, not only
in our own army but also in the countries invaded by our troops. At
this period many sons of good families taken from their medical
studies by the recent conscription law due to General Jourdan, had
naturally preferred to continue their studies on the battle-field
rather than be restricted to mere military duty, little in keeping
with their early education and their peaceful destinies. Men of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "There was one of the Munchkin girls who was so beautiful
that I soon grew to love her with all my heart. She, on her part,
promised to marry me as soon as I could earn enough money to
build a better house for her; so I set to work harder than ever.
But the girl lived with an old woman who did not want her to marry
anyone, for she was so lazy she wished the girl to remain with her
and do the cooking and the housework. So the old woman went to
the Wicked Witch of the East, and promised her two sheep and a cow
if she would prevent the marriage. Thereupon the Wicked Witch
enchanted my axe, and when I was chopping away at my best one day,
for I was anxious to get the new house and my wife as soon as
The Wizard of Oz |
