| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain: to their wives, but secretly to prepare for their journey.
They all promised obedience, and Mudjikewis was the first
to say so.
The time for their departure drew near. Word was given to
assemble on a certain night, when they would depart immediately.
Mudjikewis was loud in his demands for his moccasins.
Several times his wife asked him the reason. 'Besides,' said she,
'you have a good pair on.' 'Quick, quick,' said he, 'since you
must know, we are going on a war excursion; so be quick.'
He thus revealed the secret. That night they met and started.
The snow was on the ground, and they traveled all night, lest others
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: Adventurer, no means of reaching him, and no means any more of
knowing where he was!
Rhoda Gray walked on along the street, her lips tight, her face
drawn and hard. Failing the Adventurer, there remained - the police.
If she telephoned the police and sent them to the Pug's room, they
would of a certainty recover the money, and with equal certainty
restore it to its rightful owners. She had already thought of that
when she had been with Pinkie and the Pug, and had been loath even
then to take such a step because it seemed to spell ruin to her own
personal plans; but now there was another reason, and one far more
cogent, why she should not do so. There had been murder committed
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: were afraid to come into the stable. They used to bring me
nice things to eat, an apple or a carrot, or a piece of bread,
but after Ginger stood in that box they dared not come,
and I missed them very much. I hope they will now come again,
if you do not bite or snap."
I told him I never bit anything but grass, hay, and corn,
and could not think what pleasure Ginger found it.
"Well, I don't think she does find pleasure," says Merrylegs;
"it is just a bad habit; she says no one was ever kind to her,
and why should she not bite? Of course, it is a very bad habit;
but I am sure, if all she says be true, she must have been very ill-used
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