| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: direct, untroubled gaze that threatened, he knew from experience,
to turn teasingly defiant on an instant's notice. And as he looked
at her it came to him that he had never half-anticipated the
gladness her return would bring to him.
"I was angry," he said deliberately. "I am still angry, very
angry--" he noted the glint of defiance in her eyes and thrilled--
"but I forgave, and I now forgive all over again. Though I still
insist--"
"That I should have a guardian," she interrupted. "But that day
will never come. Thank goodness I'm of legal age and able to
transact business in my own right. And speaking of business, how
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: all their lives, be these long or short, be they sick or well, be they
happy or in sorrow, be they rich or poor. Give them children to be
reared up in Thy Word, give them an honest name and the respect of all
who know them, and at last give them Thy Salvation through the Blood of
Jesus the Saviour. If they are together, let them rejoice in each
other. If they are apart, let them not forget each other. If one of
them dies and the other lives, let that one who lives look forward to
the day of reunion and bow the head to Thy Will, and keep that one who
dies in Thy holy Hand. O Thou Who knowest all things, guide the lives
of these two according to Thy eternal purpose, and teach them to be sure
that whatever Thou doest, is done for the best. For Thou art a faithful
Marie |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: bask in the sun, the Lycosa never throws off her great-coat of
swarming youngsters until the fine season comes.
If, in the middle of winter, in January or February, I happen, out
in the fields, to ransack the Spider's dwelling, after the rain,
snow and frost have battered it and, as a rule, dismantled the
bastion at the entrance, I always find her at home, still full of
vigour, still carrying her family. This vehicular upbringing lasts
five or six months at least, without interruption. The celebrated
American carrier, the Opossum, who emancipates her offspring after
a few weeks' carting, cuts a poor figure beside the Lycosa.
What do the little ones eat, on the maternal spine? Nothing, so
The Life of the Spider |
