The Dessert
The Dessert by Henri Matisse
The Blue Window by Henri Matisse
The Table by Sandra Oost
The Plunge
From the slightly elitist primary and secondary school background, where I struggled to keep up academically and socially, my life took a steep and frightening plunge when I graduated from university, barely passing my exams with a third class honors to a UK law degree. And yes, I read my law degree in the United Kingdom. The scalding shame I dealt to my parents.....How did I come crashing down so spectacularly? Now that I am in my 40s, I accept the full responsibility for my laziness, lack of discretion, hubris and folly that led to that dramatic plunge. Truly, pride comes before a fall. Hubris was the very air I breathed. Like all proud people, I was simultaneously painfully insecure and woefully arrogant about my scant abilities and achievements. Having grown up very insecure and constantly looking for external validation, I hoped majoring in law would earn me the approval I craved from my mother. Long before my mother accepted Christ, our family was fraught with...
