Mr. Fydor Dostoevsky

      So I must start off with saying that typing with manicured nails is a challenge! So excuse me if some words do not make sense. I'm learning, haha.

      I did not read the right assignment for this week, but I did read some of Dostoevsky's writings. (Sadly I did not get to finish all those either) Those which are posted under handouts on my UM.  I liked that he writes from first person view point.  I enjoyed his how he writes about self-consciousness.   How knows he is doing one thing, is aware of it, but cannot seem to stop himself. How he knows he is prideful and only enjoyed his position of power because he could make other people miserable with that power.

     "Now, then, what can a decent man talk about with the greatest pleasure? Answer: about himself", This was my favorite line. It served me as a reminder that all men are equally interested in themselves, and that all mankind is self-centered.  God let me have a "lightbulb" moment, and I remembered that with Christ our purpose is to glorify Him. So I was reminded not to talk about myself with the greatest of pleasures, but of God.