Tilting at Windmills: Needed a change

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Needed a change

Spring is finally feeling like it is here- so I decided I needed a change in my blog- something with a happy, summery feel.

More later- now I am alternating between continuing to mount and cut out stamps, cataloging stamps, laundry, etc, and finishing the taxes.

4 comments:

thinker said...: I love the "new look"!! I can imagine just lying on the ground & looking up into that blue sky... feeling a gentle breeze blow through the trees... enjoying the sun as it sends its warming rays...; April 13, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Suzanne said...: I like it.; April 13, 2008 at 7:04 PM
Lee said...: And a very open and welcoming feel it has!!!; April 14, 2008 at 12:27 AM
Beth said...: As the window came up my first thought was, "Oh, pretty!" - very nice!; April 14, 2008 at 9:18 AM

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".