| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: d'Alcacer. I have just come back to life and it has closed on me
colder and darker than the grave itself. Let me get used . . . I
can't bear the sound of a human voice yet."
VIII
And now, stoical in the cold and darkness of his regained life,
Lingard had to listen to the voice of Wasub telling him Jaffir's
story. The old serang's face expressed a profound dejection and
there was infinite sadness in the flowing murmur of his words.
"Yes, by Allah! They were all there: that tyrannical Tengga,
noisy like a fool; the Rajah Hassim, a ruler without a country;
Daman, the wandering chief, and the three Pangerans of the
The Rescue |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum: axe in the air ever since I rusted, and I'm glad to be able to put
it down at last. Now, if you will oil the joints of my legs, I
shall be all right once more."
So they oiled his legs until he could move them freely; and he
thanked them again and again for his release, for he seemed a very
polite creature, and very grateful.
"I might have stood there always if you had not come along," he said;
"so you have certainly saved my life. How did you happen to be here?"
"We are on our way to the Emerald City to see the Great Oz,"
she answered, "and we stopped at your cottage to pass the night."
"Why do you wish to see Oz?" he asked.
The Wizard of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: shell is too hard," said the Eagle in reply. "The rocks will soon
crack the shell," was the Crow's answer; and the Eagle, taking the
hint, let fall the Tortoise on a sharp rock, and the two birds
made a hearty meal of the Tortoise.
Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.
The Two Crabs
One fine day two Crabs came out from their home to take a
stroll on the sand. "Child," said the mother, "you are walking
very ungracefully. You should accustom yourself, to walking
straight forward without twisting from side to side."
"Pray, mother," said the young one, "do but set the example
Aesop's Fables |
