| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw: "Well, Hetty, if I am to speak candidly, I must say that I have
known Sidney Trefusis for a long time, and he is the easiest
person to get on with I ever met. And you know, dear, that you
are very trying sometimes."
"And so," cried Henrietta, bursting into tears, "after the
infamous way he has treated me I am to be told that it is all my
own fault."
She left the house next day, having obtained another invitation
from a discreet lady who would not discuss the subject at all.
This proved quite intolerable, and Henrietta went to stay with
her uncle Daniel Jansenius, a jolly and indulgent man. He opined
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The War in the Air by H. G. Wells: slouching cowboy brims.
Bert sighed and stood up, deeply thoughtful, and Edna watched
him, marvelling. The women stood quite still. He left the
window, and went out into the passage rather slowly, and with the
careworn expression of a man who gives his mind to a complex and
uncertain business. "Edna!" he called, and when she came he
opened the front door.
He asked very simply, and pointing to the foremost of the three,
"That 'im? ... Sure?" ... and being told that it was, shot his
rival instantly and very accurately through the chest. He then
shot Bill's best man much less tidily in the head, and then shot
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine: The girl's gaze followed the automobile up the hill as she waited
for the taxicab to stop. "I do hope he isn't hurt badly," she
murmured piteously.
"Probably he isn't. Just stunned, the doctor seemed to think.
Anyhow it was an unavoidable accident."
The eyes of the young woman kindled. "I'll never forget the way
you jumped to save him. It was splendid."
James flushed with pleasure. "Nonsense. I merely pushed him
aside."
"You merely risked your life for his. A bagatelle--don't mention
it," the girl mocked.
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