| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Altar of the Dead by Henry James: "Then you COULD come? God sent you!" he murmured with a happy
smile.
"You're very ill - you shouldn't be here," she urged in anxious
reply.
"God sent me too, I think. I was ill when I came, but the sight of
you does wonders." He held her hands, which steadied and quickened
him. "I've something to tell you."
"Don't tell me!" she tenderly pleaded; "let me tell you. This
afternoon, by a miracle, the sweetest of miracles, the sense of our
difference left me. I was out - I was near, thinking, wandering
alone, when, on the spot, something changed in my heart. It's my
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: She fired, and the block remained intact.
"It's a long shot," he said, with the intention of easing her
chagrin.
But she bit her lip and fired again. The bullet emitted a sharp
shriek as it ricochetted into space. The metal block rattled back
and forth. Again and again she fired, till the clip was emptied of
its eight cartridges. Six of them were hits. The block still
swayed at the gaff-end, but it was battered out of all usefulness.
Sheldon was astonished. It was better than he or even Hughie
Drummond could have done. The women he had known, when they
sporadically fired a rifle or revolver, usually shrieked, shut
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Beauty and The Beast by Bayard Taylor: qualities, and we keep silent. How much we should gain, were
candor as universal as concealment! Then each one, seeing himself
as others see him, would truly know himself. How much
misunderstanding might be avoided--how much hidden shame be
removed--hopeless, because unspoken, love made glad--honest
admiration cheer its object--uttered sympathy mitigate
misfortune--in short, how much brighter and happier the world would
become if each one expressed, everywhere and at all times, his true
and entire feeling! Why, even Evil would lose half its power!'
"There seemed to be so much practical wisdom in these views that we
were all dazzled and half-convinced at the start. So, when
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