| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Little Rivers by Henry van Dyke: tree left upon it larger than an alder-bush. The tent-poles must
be cut far up on the mountain-sides, and every bough for our beds
must be carried down the ladder of rocks. But the men were gay at
their work, singing like mocking-birds. After all, the glow of
life comes from friction with its difficulties. If we cannot find
them at home, we sally abroad and create them, just to warm up our
mettle.
The ouananiche in the island pool were superb, astonishing,
incredible. We stood on the cobble-stones at the upper end, and
cast our little flies across the sweeping stream, and for three
days the fish came crowding in to fill the barrel of pickled salmon
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain: nor ever dream of such a thing, he being so good and kind,
and having such a good character; and Tom says,
cordial and hearty, he says:
"Why, just look at it a minute; just consider. Here is
Uncle Silas, all these years a preacher--at his own expense;
all these years doing good with all his might and every
way he can think of--at his own expense, all the time;
always been loved by everybody, and respected; always been
peaceable and minding his own business, the very last man
in this whole deestrict to touch a person, and everybody
knows it. Suspect HIM? Why, it ain't any more possible than--"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: them one noise, and they were like the dry sticks of him who builds
a fold.
We have made the Koran easy as a reminder but is there any one who
will mind?
Lot's people called the apostles liars; verily, we sent against them
a heavy sand storm; all, save Lot's family, we saved them at the dawn.
As a favour from us; so do we reward him who gives thanks!
He indeed had warned them of our assault, but they doubted of the
warning.
And they desired his guest, and we put out their eyes.-
So taste ye my torment and warning!'
The Koran |
