| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Frances Waldeaux by Rebecca Davis: and the Tar" marched on board.
The passengers pressed against the rails, looking down.
Almost every one held flowers which had been brought to
them: not costly bouquets, but homely bunches of
marigolds or pinks. They carried, too, little German
or American flags, which they waved frantically.
The gangways fell, and the huge ship parted from the
dock. It was but an inch, but the whole ocean yawned in
it between those who went and those who stayed. There
was a sudden silence; a thousand handkerchiefs fluttered
white on the pier and the flags and flowers were waved on
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
ACT 27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the
ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but
the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
ACT 27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any
of them should swim out, and escape.
ACT 27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their
purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves
first into the sea, and get to land:
ACT 27:44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of
the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Awakening & Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin: to entertain any such thought.
There was a restaurant at the corner. She had never entered
its doors; from the outside she had sometimes caught glimpses of
spotless damask and shining crystal, and soft-stepping waiters
serving people of fashion.
When she entered her appearance created no surprise, no
consternation, as she had half feared it might. She seated herself
at a small table alone, and an attentive waiter at once approached
to take her order. She did not want a profusion; she craved a nice
and tasty bite--a half dozen blue-points, a plump chop with cress,
a something sweet--a creme-frappee, for instance; a glass of Rhine
Awakening & Selected Short Stories |
