| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: "We'll have one to your success," they suggested.
So with them he repaired to another place; and the sight of a man
leaning against the bar made him start so that they noticed him.
Then he saw that the man was a stranger whom he had never laid
eyes on till now.
"It looked like Shorty," he said, and could have bitten his
tongue off.
"Shorty is quiet up in the Tetons," said a friend. "You don't
want to be thinking about him. Here's how!"
Then they clapped him on the back and he left them. He thought of
his enemy and his hate, beating his rage like a failing horse,
The Virginian |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Macbeth by William Shakespeare: Enter a Porter. Knocking within.
Porter. Here's a knocking indeede: if a man were
Porter of Hell Gate, hee should haue old turning the
Key.
Knock.
Knock, Knock, Knock. Who's there
i'th' name of Belzebub? Here's a Farmer, that hang'd
himselfe on th' expectation of Plentie: Come in time, haue
Napkins enow about you, here you'le sweat for't.
Knock.
Knock, knock. Who's there in th' other Deuils Name?
Macbeth |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa: the returned messengers.
Now it chanced that immortal Iktomi, fully recovered from the
brown burnt spots, overheard the people talking. At once he was
filled with a new desire. "If only I had the magic arrow, I would
kill the red eagle and win the chieftain's daughter for a wife,"
said he in his heart.
Back to his lonely wigwam he hastened. Beneath the tree in
front of his teepee he sat upon the ground with chin between his
drawn-up knees. His keen eyes scanned the wide plain. He was
watching for the avenger.
"'He is coming!' said the people," muttered old Iktomi. All
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