| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Little Rivers by Henry van Dyke: in the boat, and going out only on the short and easy trips. It
will be young Joseph that steers the canoe through the dangerous
places, and carries the heaviest load over the portages, and leads
the way on the long journeys.
It has taken me longer to describe our men than it took them to
prepare our frugal meal: a pot of tea, the woodsman's favourite
drink, (I never knew a good guide that would not go without whisky
rather than without tea,) a few slices of toast and juicy rashers
of bacon, a kettle of boiled potatoes, and a relish of crackers and
cheese. We were in a hurry to be off for an afternoon's fishing,
three or four miles down the river, at the Ile Maligne.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: see if we can't get on the track of that young chap."
"Oh!" Tuppence clasped her hands ecstatically.
"All the same, as I said before, it's too bad of--of Carter to
set you two babies on a job like this. Now, don't get offended,
Miss--er----"
"Cowley. Prudence Cowley. But my friends call me Tuppence."
"Well, Miss Tuppence, then, as I'm certainly going to be a
friend. Don't be offended because I think you're young. Youth is
a failing only too easily outgrown. Now, about this young Tommy
of yours----"
"Yes." Tuppence clasped her hands.
Secret Adversary |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no
food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants
distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had
collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
The Tree and the Reed
"Well, little one," said a Tree to a Reed that was growing at
its foot, "why do you not plant your feet deeply in the ground,
and raise your head boldly in the air as I do?"
"I am contented with my lot," said the Reed. "I may not be so
grand, but I think I am safer."
Aesop's Fables |
