| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac: "A good riddance!" remarked Monsieur de l'Estorade.
"Neither Monsieur de Sallenauve nor Monsieur Gaston takes that stoical
view of it. In view of the headstrong nature of the woman, they fear
some violence to herself, which, as we know, she once attempted. Or
else they dread some evil adviser. The charwoman states that two or
three visits have been lately made at the house by a lady of middle
age, richly dressed, in a carriage, whose manner was singular, and who
seemed to desire secrecy in speaking with Luigia."
"Some charitable woman, of course," said Monsieur de l'Estorade; "the
runaway is given to piety."
"At any rate the truth must be discovered, and it was that which kept
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Collection of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: hour; his eyes glistened.
Then he cut a caper, and became
so bold that he even tapped at
the window; but the bundle never
moved.
Yes--there was no doubt about
it--it had turned out even better
than he had planned; the pail had
hit poor old Tommy Brock, and
killed him dead!
"I will bury that nasty person in
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Divine Comedy (translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) by Dante Alighieri: Is mobile unto everything that pleases,
Soon as by pleasure she is waked to action.
Your apprehension from some real thing
An image draws, and in yourselves displays it
So that it makes the soul turn unto it.
And if, when turned, towards it she incline,
Love is that inclination; it is nature,
Which is by pleasure bound in you anew
Then even as the fire doth upward move
By its own form, which to ascend is born,
Where longest in its matter it endures,
The Divine Comedy (translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) |
