| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: "But his imperial majesty, fully determined against capital
punishment, was graciously pleased to say, that since the council
thought the loss of your eyes too easy a censure, some other way
may be inflicted hereafter. And your friend the secretary,
humbly desiring to be heard again, in answer to what the
treasurer had objected, concerning the great charge his majesty
was at in maintaining you, said, that his excellency, who had the
sole disposal of the emperor's revenue, might easily provide
against that evil, by gradually lessening your establishment; by
which, for want of sufficient for you would grow weak and faint,
and lose your appetite, and consequently, decay, and consume in a
Gulliver's Travels |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: shopkeeper was to carry.
"And, Butzow," added Barney, "look to my revolvers and
your own, and lay my sword out as well. The chances are
that we shall have to use them before we are ten minutes
older."
In an incredibly short space of time the young man
emerged from the bath, his luxuriant beard gone forever,
he hoped. Butzow looked at him with a smile.
"I must say that the beard did not add greatly to your
majesty's good looks," he said.
"Never mind the bouquets, old man," cried Barney, cram-
The Mad King |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Paradise Lost by John Milton: Griped in each paw: when, Adam first of men
To first of women Eve thus moving speech,
Turned him, all ear to hear new utterance flow.
Sole partner, and sole part, of all these joys,
Dearer thyself than all; needs must the Power
That made us, and for us this ample world,
Be infinitely good, and of his good
As liberal and free as infinite;
That raised us from the dust, and placed us here
In all this happiness, who at his hand
Have nothing merited, nor can perform
Paradise Lost |
