| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: come hither to thy knees, if perchance thou art willing to
tell me of his pitiful death, as one that saw it with thine
own eyes, or heard the story from some other wanderer,--
for his mother bare him to exceeding sorrow. And speak me
no soft words in ruth or pity, but tell me plainly what
sight thou didst get of him. Ah! I pray thee, if ever at
all my father, noble Odysseus, made promise to thee of word
or work, and fulfilled the same in the land of the Trojans,
where ye Achaeans suffered affliction; these things, I pray
thee, now remember and tell me truth.'
Then Nestor of Gerenia, lord of chariots, answered him: 'My
The Odyssey |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: thought I was the luckiest girl alive to win the love of a man like you. 'For
it looks very much like it,' Uncle Robert used to say, wagging his head
wickedly at me. Of course they liked you. Aunt Mildred used to sigh, and look
across teasingly at Uncle, and say, 'When I think of Chris, it almost makes me
wish I were younger myself.' And Uncle would answer, 'I don't blame you, my
dear, not in the least.' And then the pair of them would beam upon me their
congratulations that I had won the love of a man like you.
"And they knew I loved you as well. How could I hide it?--this great,
wonderful thing that had entered into my life and swallowed up all my days!
For four years, Chris, I have lived only for you. Every moment was yours.
Waking, I loved you. Sleeping, I dreamed of you. Every act I have performed
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: "Well, we may stop before, but I know we stop at Friars Rory,
because that's where I get out."
I turned to her open-mouthed. She was consulting a wrist-watch
and did not see the look on my face. Friars Rory was where I was
bound for. We had run through the station ten minutes ago. I
knew the place well. I had just time to recover, when she looked
up.
"We're late now," she said." I expect that's why we're going so
fast."
"You know," I said, "I don't believe you asked either."
"If this was the right train? Well, I've used it, going down to
The Brother of Daphne |
