Tilting at Windmills: A QUICK reminder!!

Friday, April 18, 2008

A QUICK reminder!!

There will be blog candy for the person who is visitor #2250 and leaves a comment about it!

3 comments:

Lee said...: Well, I'm visitor number 2200.....so does that mean I should click on your blog 50 more times and then comment???!! LOL Okay, I won't do that......but I'll keep an eye on my Google Reader for sure!!!! Hope you have a relaxing and low-key weekend!!!!

Oh yeah.....the above spam is why I had to go to using word verification. Dang spammers find their way everywhere!! Sheeeesh!!!; April 18, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Beth said...: :-)

Hope you've had a much better week!; April 19, 2008 at 9:34 AM
Etha said...: ok its 2211 for me :) will check back :); April 19, 2008 at 2:32 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".