| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: would have little to fear from his sword. A cane would be the weapon
he'd use on you.
Richard's pale eyes flamed malevolently; a violent rage possessed him
and flooded out his fear, for nothing can so goad a man as an offensive
truth. Ruth approached him again; again she took him by the arm,
seeking to soothe his over-troubled spirit; but again he shook her off.
And then to save the situation came a servant from the house. So lost
in anger was all Richard's sense of decency that the mere supervention
of the man would not have been enough to have silenced him could he
have found adequate words in which to answer Mistress Horton. But even
as he racked his mind, the footman's voice broke the silence, and the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from United States Declaration of Independence: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for
one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected
them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth,
the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and
of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions
of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which
impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
United States Declaration of Independence |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: more prolonged ducking whipped them, at a plunging gallop, upon
the Annabel Lee, where they disappeared from Cleggett's view.
While Cleggett was still wondering what significance could
underlie this unusual form of matutinal exercise, Dr. Farnsworth
came out of the forecastle and beckoned to him. The young Doctor
had a red Vandyck beard sedulously cultivated in the belief that
it would make him look older and inspire the confidence of
patients, and a shock of dark red hair which he rumpled
vigorously when he was thinking. He was rumpling it now.
"Who's 'Loge'?" he demanded.
"Loge?" repeated Cleggett.
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