| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine: were out of touch with facts. They were not practical.
The smug finality of his verdict nettled her. This may or may not
have been the reason she sliced her ball, quite unnecessarily. But
it was probably due to her exasperation at the wasted stroke that
she let him have it.
"I'm tired of that word. It means to be suicidally selfish.
There's not another word in the language so abused."
"Didn't catch the word that annoys you," the young man smiled.
"Practical! You used it yourself. It means to tear down and not
build up, to be so near-sighted you can't see beyond your reach.
Your practical man is the least hopeful member of the community.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: to be supposed he took a pleasure in the message, for he read it
a long while.
'And Uncle Ned will give us some money to go on upon in the
meanwhile,' he said at last.
'Well, I call that cool!' said a cheerful voice at his elbow.
Gideon and Julia sprang apart with wonderful alacrity; the latter
annoyed to observe that although they had never moved since they
sat down, they were now quite close together; both presenting
faces of a very heightened colour to the eyes of Mr Edward Hugh
Bloomfield. That gentleman, coming up the river in his boat, had
captured the truant canoe, and divining what had happened, had
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott: or with gentle words flew from nest to nest, teaching the little birds
to live happily together; and wherever she went blessings fell, and
loving hearts were filled with gratitude.
Then, one by one, the Elves secretly did some little work of kindness,
and found a quiet joy come back to repay them. Flowers looked
lovingly up as they passed, birds sang to cheer them when sad thoughts
made them weep. And soon little Bud found out their gentle deeds,
and her friendly words gave them new strength. So day after day
they followed her, and like a band of guardian spirits they flew
far and wide, carrying with them joy and peace.
And not only birds and flowers blessed them, but human beings also;
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