| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: him, "that I am a product of you, but I protest that you cannot
quote Scripture with accuracy and point. Therefore will I continue
to go up against you with the Sword of the Spirit."
Shortly afterwards the Idol's worshippers held a great religious
ceremony at the base of his pedestal, and as a part of the rites
the Missionary was roasted whole. As the tongue was removed for
the high priest's table, "Ah," said the Idol to himself, "that is
the Sword of the Spirit - the only Sword that is less dangerous
when unsheathed."
And he smiled so pleasantly at his own wit that the provinces of
Ghargaroo, M'gwana, and Scowow were affected with a blight.
Fantastic Fables |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum: closely, for Eureka made a jump and caught it between her claws, and
in a few moments it had entirely disappeared.
"Oh, Eureka!" cried Dorothy, "did you eat the bones?"
"If it had any bones, I ate them," replied the kitten, composedly, as
it washed its face after the meal. "But I don't think that fish had
any bones, because I didn't feel them scratch my throat."
"You were very greedy," said the girl.
"I was very hungry," replied the kitten.
The little pigs had stood huddled in a group, watching this scene with
frightened eyes.
"Cats are dreadful creatures!" said one of them.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: into the sea, or darted zigzag through the rain.
"We shall have it now, and with a vengeance; this will try your
tackle, master," said Cary.
The functionary answered with a shrug, and turned up the collar of
his rough frock, as the first drops flew stinging round his ears.
Another minute and the squall burst full upon them, in rain, which
cut like hail--hail which lashed the sea into froth, and wind which
whirled off the heads of the surges, and swept the waters into one
white seething waste. And above them, and behind them and before
them, the lightning leapt and ran, dazzling and blinding, while the
deep roar of the thunder was changed to sharp ear-piercing cracks.
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