Tilting at Windmills: Now its REALLY over

Monday, September 1, 2008

Now its REALLY over

The sun has set on summer.

I've removed my summer reading list from the sidebar- and added a Christmas countdown.

School starts tomorrow.

DH and I finished it off with a nice evening out to dinner and met up with DS and some of his friends. So, our last summer memory is a happy one.

Only 284 days until next summer!

1 comment:

Suzanne said...: Good luck at school today! I hope things go well for you. A Christmas countdown huh....now THAT IS SCARY!!!! Not sure I am ready for that...though I will take another Summer!; September 2, 2008 at 9:21 AM

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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".