Tilting at Windmills: YIPPEE!!!

Friday, May 16, 2008

YIPPEE!!!

It's a really dreary, gloomy, grim Friday afternoon. BUT....... I WON the "Shout Out to Sheetload" contest so I'll be getting a new Bella and some Bling!

So, many thanks to the nice people at Sheetload! You started me out for a good weekend!

2 comments:

Etha said...: Ohmygosh you actually WON something!! Congrats that is super :) now you can't say you never win anymore, hehe. so cool!; May 16, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Suzanne said...: Once again congratulations! I was so excited when I saw your mane at Sheet Load. I thought oh my gosh...someone I know won...How cool is that! I hope now you go one and have a GREAT weekend!; May 16, 2008 at 10:28 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".