| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast
stones.
CH2 26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to
be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones
withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped,
till he was strong.
CH2 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his
destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into
the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
CH2 26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him
fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: then they'll ride on to new ranges."
"Laddy, I don't know the trails into Sonora. An' I can't trust a
Mexican or a Papago. Between you and me, I'm afraid of this
Indian who herds for me."
"I reckon we'd better stick here, Tom....Dick, it's some good to
see you again. But you seem kinda quiet. Shore you get quieter
all the time. Did you see any sign of Jim out Sonoyta way?"
Then Belding led the lame horse toward the watering-trough,
while the two rangers went toward the house, Dick was telling
Ladd about the affair at Papago Well when they turned the corner
under the porch. Nell was sitting in the door. She rose with a
Desert Gold |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Two Poets by Honore de Balzac: "Nothing easier," said the Baron.
The Princess' private secretary, being accustomed to petty manoeuvres
of this kind, went to the Bishop and contrived to bring him to the
fore. At the Bishop's entreaty, Nais had no choice but to ask Lucien
to recite his own verses for them, and the Baron received a
languishing smile from Amelie as the reward of his prompt success.
"Decidedly, the Baron is a very clever man," she observed to Lolotte.
But Amelie's previous acidulous remark about women who made their own
dresses rankled in Lolotte's mind.
"Since when have you begun to recognize the Emperor's barons?" she
asked, smiling.
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