Tilting at Windmills: What a week!

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

What a week!

Grades done. Semester over. Mom has surgery tomorrow. More later!

2 comments:

Etha said...: Good luck to your mom! hope all goes well :); January 27, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Suzanne said...: I've missed your posts friend! Glad grades are done and semester is over...half way to summer vacation that means! Will keep your mom in my prayers tomorrow. Take care!
And if you are getting or going to get the snow we are now stay safe!; January 27, 2009 at 9:56 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".