Tilting at Windmills: Mad at myself

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Mad at myself

I just realized that I finished a cute little baby afghan and gave it to the new Grandparents for the baby without taking a picture of it.

DARN!!!!

2 comments:

Lee said...: Ohhhhhhhhhhh NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Well, first of all, CONGRATS on finishing it!!! Next........can you beg them to take a photo of it?? 'Cuz we wanna see it!! I just know it's FABulous!!!; March 19, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Suzanne said...: Ah so I am not alone. I do that all the time with my baby quilts!
Congratulations on finishing it.; March 21, 2008 at 6:36 PM

Why "Tilting at Windmills"?

When I started this blog in October 2007, there was a story here about my connection to "Tilting With Windmills". Much of what was in that post no longer applies. Much other of it still does. So, here's the story.

When I was graduating from high school, more than 40 years ago, a group of my friend presented me with a print of Picasso's Don Quixote. They said it reminded me of them.

I get upset when things are wrong, even though getting upset cannot fix them. I dislike people who are cruel or petty or self-serving, and am frustrated that I cannot change them. I fight a daily battle with my health, although I know that every new day is another battle. I have a husband and close friends who support me, even when what I want or believe seems crazy.

So, the comparison with Don Quixote is perhaps an apt one. The story encourages me to take on the battles I see, even the hopeless ones. It reminds me to try to see the best in people. It comforts me that, in the end, even if my actions are futile, they are not meaningless.

I mean to try to continue "to dream the impossible dream".