| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: VERSE 2. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of
Christ.
The Law of Christ is the Law of love. Christ gave us no other law than this
law of mutual love: "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one
another." To love means to bear another's burdens. Christians must have
strong shoulders to bear the burdens of their fellow Christians. Faithful
pastors recognize many errors and offenses in the church, which they oversee.
In civil affairs an official has to overlook much if he is fit to rule. If we
can overlook our own shortcomings and wrong-doings, we ought to overlook the
shortcomings of others in accordance with the words, "Bear ye one another's
burdens."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche: petty lies of pity:--thus have I ever lived among men.
Disguised did I sit amongst them, ready to misjudge MYSELF that I might
endure THEM, and willingly saying to myself: "Thou fool, thou dost not
know men!"
One unlearneth men when one liveth amongst them: there is too much
foreground in all men--what can far-seeing, far-longing eyes do THERE!
And, fool that I was, when they misjudged me, I indulged them on that
account more than myself, being habitually hard on myself, and often even
taking revenge on myself for the indulgence.
Stung all over by poisonous flies, and hollowed like the stone by many
drops of wickedness: thus did I sit among them, and still said to myself:
Thus Spake Zarathustra |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: In this retreat I devoted the morning to labour; but in the evening,
when the weather permitted, I walked on the stony beach of the sea
to listen to the waves as they roared and dashed at my feet.
It was a monotonous yet ever-changing scene. I thought of
Switzerland; it was far different from this desolate and
appalling landscape. Its hills are covered with vines, and its
cottages are scattered thickly in the plains. Its fair lakes
reflect a blue and gentle sky, and when troubled by the winds,
their tumult is but as the play of a lively infant when compared
to the roarings of the giant ocean.
In this manner I distributed my occupations when I first arrived,
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