| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling: down one foot.
"Consider, though, their ingratitude to this excellent one,"
began the Jackal tenderly.
"Nay, nay, not ingratitude!" the Mugger said. They do not think
for others; that is all. But I have noticed, lying at my station
below the ford, that the stairs of the new bridge are cruelly
hard to climb, both for old people and young children. The old,
indeed, are not so worthy of consideration, but I am grieved--
I am truly grieved--on account of the fat children. Still,
I think, in a little while, when the newness of the bridge has
worn away, we shall see my people"s bare brown legs bravely
The Second Jungle Book |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: let her.'
'Well, that is just what I do with my house every Thursday
evening,' cried Lady Windermere, laughing, 'only I like lions
better than collie dogs.'
'Your one mistake, Lady Windermere,' said Mr. Podgers, with a
pompous bow.
'If a woman can't make her mistakes charming, she is only a
female,' was the answer. 'But you must read some more hands for
us. Come, Sir Thomas, show Mr. Podgers yours'; and a genial-
looking old gentleman, in a white waistcoat, came forward, and held
out a thick rugged hand, with a very long third finger.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Recruit by Honore de Balzac: a woman when she simply feels them instead of reflecting about them,
passion was still virgin in the depths of her heart. Her principal
attraction came, in fact, from this innate youth, which sometimes,
however, played her false, and gave to her ideas an innocent
expression of desire. Her manner and appearance commanded respect, but
there was always in her bearing, in her voice, a sort of looking
forward to some unknown future, as in girlhood. The most insensible
man would find himself in love with her, and yet be restrained by a
sort of respectful fear, inspired by her courtly and polished manners.
Her soul, naturally noble, but strengthened by cruel trials, was far
indeed from the common run, and men did justice to it. Such a soul
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