| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum: "We really did very well," cried the fairy, in a pleased voice; "for I
found little unhappiness among the children this morning. Still, you
must not get captured again, my dear master; for we might not be so
fortunate another time in carrying out your ideas."
He then related the mistakes that had been made, and which he had not
discovered until his tour of inspection. And Santa Claus at once sent
him with rubber boots for Charlie Smith, and a doll for Mamie Brown;
so that even those two disappointed ones became happy.
As for the wicked Daemons of the Caves, they were filled with anger
and chagrin when they found that their clever capture of Santa Claus
had come to naught. Indeed, no one on that Christmas Day appeared to
A Kidnapped Santa Claus |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: don't feel jocular in the least. But what can he know about
people of our sort? And when I reflect how little people of our
sort can know of such a man I am quite content to address him as
Captain Lingard. It's common and soothing and most respectable
and satisfactory; for Captain is the most empty of all titles.
What is a Captain? Anybody can be a Captain; and for Lingard it's
a name like any other. Whereas what he deserves is something
special, significant, and expressive, that would match his
person, his simple and romantic person."
He perceived that Mrs. Travers was looking at him intently. They
hastened to turn their eyes away from each other.
The Rescue |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: into the Pitcher. Then he took another pebble and dropped it into
the Pitcher. Then he took another pebble and dropped that into
the Pitcher. Then he took another pebble and dropped that into
the Pitcher. Then he took another pebble and dropped that into
the Pitcher. Then he took another pebble and dropped that into
the Pitcher. At last, at last, he saw the water mount up near
him, and after casting in a few more pebbles he was able to quench
his thirst and save his life.
Little by little does the trick.
The Man and the Satyr
A Man had lost his way in a wood one bitter winter's night.
Aesop's Fables |
