Tilting at Windmills: Bette Midler

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Bette Midler - From A Distance

I'm going away on retreat with students this weekend. I love this experience- I hope I am helping them and I also appreciate my own spiritual renewal, which they help.

I have been listening to a lot of music over the last few days, searching for just the right pieces that include messages that will touch and inspire.

I don't know yet if I will use this one, but I am certainly including it on the CD I am burning to take along. I hope you like it.

4 comments:

Suzanne said...: Thank you for bringing a smile to my face.; February 19, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Etha said...: Have a good trip dear!! I'm sittin here on your birthday present cause I don't want it to get crushed into your mailbox while you're gone. In other words, it'll be LATE.
Happy Birthday :); February 19, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Anonymous said...: Yes, it is a beautiful song and I am so glad you posted it. It fills me with optimism and happiness. Good choice :) Hope you have a wonderful weekend LadyDoc!; February 20, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Shirley said...: What is so beautiful about her voice is that she is as beautiful as she sounds.; March 7, 2009 at 11:33 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".