| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: thus saying thou reproachest us also.
LUK 11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men
with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the
burdens with one of your fingers.
LUK 11:47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets,
and your fathers killed them.
LUK 11:48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your
fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
LUK 11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them
prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
LUK 11:50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: came with the ever wondrous miracle of awakening life,
with soft zephyrs, warm rain, and sunny skies.
Through all the winter Father Claude had been ex-
pecting to hear from Simon de Montfort but not until
now did he receive a message which told the good
priest that his letter had missed the great baron and had
followed him around until he had but just received it.
The message closed with these words:
"Any clew however vague which might lead nearer
to a true knowledge of the fate of Prince Richard we
shall most gladly receive and give our best attention.
The Outlaw of Torn |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: of saying anything else."
The young man glanced at her over the top of his canvas.
"What else should I say? It would certainly be a great deal
of trouble to say anything different."
"Well," said Gertrude, "you have seen people before that you have liked,
have you not?"
"Indeed I have, thank Heaven!"
"And they have been very different from us," Gertrude went on.
"That only proves," said Felix, "that there are a thousand different
ways of being good company."
"Do you think us good company?" asked Gertrude.
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