| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Simple Soul by Gustave Flaubert: huge animal, thwarted, paused.
For years, this occurrence was a topic of conversation in Pont-
l'Eveque. But Felicite took no credit to herself, and probably never
knew that she had been heroic.
Virginia occupied her thoughts solely, for the shock she had sustained
gave her a nervous affection, and the physician, M. Poupart,
prescribed the salt-water bathing at Trouville. In those days,
Trouville was not greatly patronised. Madame Aubain gathered
information, consulted Bourais, and made preparations as if they were
going on an extended trip.
The baggage was sent the day before on Liebard's cart. On the
A Simple Soul |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum: Tiktok squeezed the Tin Woodman's hand so earnestly that he dented
some of his fingers. Then they had to make way for Ozma to welcome
the tin man, and the army caught sight of him and set up a cheer, and
everybody was delighted and happy.
For the Tin Woodman was a great favorite with all who knew him, and
his sudden recovery after they had thought he was lost to them forever
was indeed a pleasant surprise.
Before long the cavalcade arrived at the royal palace, where a great
crowd of people had gathered to welcome their Queen and her ten
children. There was much shouting and cheering, and the people threw
flowers in their path, and every face wore a happy smile.
Ozma of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: powers, and an accusation of guilt directed against
him for some neglect or deficiency in his relation to them.
Hence by a perfectly logical and natural sequence there arose
the belief in other-world or supernatural powers, whether
purely fortuitous and magical or more distinctly rational
and personal; there arose the sense of Sin, or of
offence against these powers; there arose a complex
ritual of Expiation--whether by personal sacrifice and
suffering or by the sacrifice of victims. There arose too
a whole catalogue of ceremonies--ceremonies of Initiation,
by which the novice should learn to keep within the good
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
