| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: entered into writings or covenants to do so; and I made a formal
will, disposing of my plantation and effects in case of my death,
making the captain of the ship that had saved my life, as before,
my universal heir, but obliging him to dispose of my effects as I
had directed in my will; one half of the produce being to himself,
and the other to be shipped to England.
In short, I took all possible caution to preserve my effects and to
keep up my plantation. Had I used half as much prudence to have
looked into my own interest, and have made a judgment of what I
ought to have done and not to have done, I had certainly never gone
away from so prosperous an undertaking, leaving all the probable
Robinson Crusoe |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum: Emerald City; but several servants walked ahead politely to show the
way, although she was quite sure she could find the rooms herself.
She took Button-Bright with her, because he seemed too small to be
left alone in such a big palace; but Jellia Jamb herself ushered the
beautiful Daughter of the Rainbow to her apartments, because it was
easy to see that Polychrome was used to splendid palaces and was
therefore entitled to especial attention.
19. The Shaggy Man's Welcome
The shaggy man stood in the great hall, his shaggy hat in his hands,
wondering what would become of him. He had never been a guest in a
fine palace before; perhaps he had never been a guest anywhere. In
The Road to Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: He have a son, when He has no female companion, and when He has
created everything, and everything He knows?
There is God for you,- your Lord! There is no god but He, the
Creator of everything; then worship Him, for He o'er everything
keeps guard!
Sight perceives Him not, but He perceives men's sights; for He is
the subtle, the aware.
Now has an insight from your Lord come unto you, and he who looks
therewith it is for himself; but he who is blind thereto, it is
against his soul and I am not your keeper.
Thus do we turn about the signs, that they may say, 'Thou hast
The Koran |
