| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum: for we Munchkins do not care for any color other
than blue, so it has been packed away in the chest
for about a hundred years. When I found it, I said
to myself that it would do nicely for my servant
girl, for when she was brought to life she would
not be proud nor haughty, as the Glass Cat is, for
such a dreadful mixture of colors would discourage
her from trying to, be as dignified as the blue
Munchkins are.
"Is blue the only respectable color, then?"
inquired Ojo.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White: The Diamond is good because it holds firmly, is
a great flattener, and is especially adapted to the
securing of square boxes. It is celebrated because it
is pretty and rather difficult to learn. Also it possesses
the advantage for single-handed packing that it can
be thrown slack throughout and then tightened, and
that the last pull tightens the whole hitch. However,
for ordinary purposes, with a quiet horse and a
comparatively soft pack, the common Square Hitch holds
well enough and is quickly made. For a load of
small articles and heavy alforjas there is nothing like
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: sin.
KI1 21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall
eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
KI1 21:24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and
him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
KI1 21:25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to
work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred
up.
KI1 21:26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to
all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the
children of Israel.
King James Bible |
