Tilting at Windmills: Quick post!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Quick post!

The counter is fast approaching 2250! Make sure you post for the blog candy if you are that number! If no one claims 2250, the first one after that wins!

I spent a large part of the day making cards for challenges. This card is a preview- more to come tomorrow.

Time to get a bedtime snack- I am TIRED!

I'll be back tomorrow for my usual Sunday post.

3 comments:

Perky said...: Wooo Hooooo!!!! Lucky number 2250!!!!! Yay!; April 20, 2008 at 7:50 AM
Beth said...: I passed thru earlier this a.m. and I was 2251...*sniff*...
;-)
Congrats to perky!; April 20, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Suzanne said...: Congratulations Perky. I checked in but guess I was busy stamping when the number 2250 came and went.; April 20, 2008 at 10:12 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".