| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: masters.
PRO 25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and
wind without rain.
PRO 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue
breaketh the bone.
PRO 25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee,
lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
PRO 25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be
weary of thee, and so hate thee.
PRO 25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a
maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Mosses From An Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Warland's shutters. Daylight, to the morbid sensibility of his
mind, seemed to have an intrusiveness that interfered with his
pursuits. On cloudy and inclement days, therefore, he sat with
his head upon his hands, muffling, as it were, his sensitive
brain in a mist of indefinite musings, for it was a relief to
escape from the sharp distinctness with which he was compelled to
shape out his thoughts during his nightly toil.
From one of these fits of torpor he was aroused by the entrance
of Annie Hovenden, who came into the shop with the freedom of a
customer, and also with something of the familiarity of a
childish friend. She had worn a hole through her silver thimble,
Mosses From An Old Manse |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Reason Discourse by Rene Descartes: blood changes its nature it can be rarefied by the warmth of the heart, in
a higher or lower degree, and more or less quickly than before? And if it
be inquired how this heat is communicated to the other members, must it
not be admitted that this is effected by means of the blood, which,
passing through the heart, is there heated anew, and thence diffused over
all the body? Whence it happens, that if the blood be withdrawn from any
part, the heat is likewise withdrawn by the same means; and although the
heart were as-hot as glowing iron, it would not be capable of warming the
feet and hands as at present, unless it continually sent thither new
blood. We likewise perceive from this, that the true use of respiration is
to bring sufficient fresh air into the lungs, to cause the blood which
Reason Discourse |
