| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: between them that concerning which they disagreed.
They say, 'Why is not a sign sent down upon him from his Lord?' Say,
'The unseen is only God's; but wait ye for a while, verily, I with you
am one of those who wait!'
When we have let men taste of mercy after distress which has touched
them, lo! they use a stratagem against our signs! Say, 'God is quicker
at stratagem.' Verily, our messengers write down what stratagem ye
use.'
He it is who makes you travel in the land and sea, until when ye are
in the ships- and these carry them afloat with a favouring wind, and
they rejoice therein, there comes to them a violent wind, and there
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde: LADY BRACKNELL. [Sitting down.] You can take a seat, Mr.
Worthing.
[Looks in her pocket for note-book and pencil.]
JACK. Thank you, Lady Bracknell, I prefer standing.
LADY BRACKNELL. [Pencil and note-book in hand.] I feel bound to
tell you that you are not down on my list of eligible young men,
although I have the same list as the dear Duchess of Bolton has.
We work together, in fact. However, I am quite ready to enter your
name, should your answers be what a really affectionate mother
requires. Do you smoke?
JACK. Well, yes, I must admit I smoke.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Chita: A Memory of Last Island by Lafcadio Hearn: Havanese summers; she knew how to wrestle with it; she had torn
Feliu's life away from its yellow clutch, after one of those long
struggles that strain even the strength of love. Now she feared
mostly for Chita. She had ordered the girl under no
circumstances to approach the cabin.
Julien felt that blankets had been heaped upon him,---that some
gentle hand was bathing his scorching face with vinegar and
water. Vaguely also there came to him the idea that it was
night. He saw the shadow-shape of a woman moving against the red
light upon the wall;---he saw there was a lamp burning.
Then the delirium seized him: he moaned, sobbed, cried like a
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