| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: Wilkins, from a friendly and gregarious fellow-being, had suddenly
grown to sinister proportions in his mind.
And, as the minutes went by, with the Sheriff sitting forward and
watching the lobby and staircase with intent, unblinking eyes,
Bassett's anxiety turned to fear. He found his heart leaping when
the room bells rang, and the clerk, with a glance at the annunciator,
sent boys hurrying off. His hands shook, and he felt them cold and
moist. And all the time Wilkins was holding him with a flow of
unimportant chatter.
"Watching for any one in particular?" he managed, after five
minutes or so.
The Breaking Point |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: snakes and adders, warmed by his breast,
and spread them on the table. He took off
his hat, and others of different sizes and
lengths twisted before me; some of them,
when he unbosomed his shirt, returned to
the genial temperature of his skin; and
some curled around the legs of the table,
and others rose in a defensive attitude.
He irritated and humored them, to express
either pleasure or pain at his will.
Some were purchased by individuals, and
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lemorne Versus Huell by Elizabeth Drew Stoddard: housekeeper was still in bed. I supposed that Aunt Eliza was in bed
also, but I had hardly entered the house when I heard her bell ring
as she only could ring it--with an impatient jerk.
"She wants hot milk," said James, "and the man has just come."
I laid my bonnet down, and went to the kitchen. Saluting the
cook, who was an old acquaintance, and who told me that the "divil"
had been in the range that morning, I took a pan, into which I
poured some milk, and held it over the gaslight till it was hot;
then I carried it up to Aunt Eliza.
"Here is your milk, Aunt Eliza. You have sent for me to help you,
and I begin with the earliest opportunity."
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