Tilting at Windmills: Feeling better already!

Monday, April 27, 2009

Feeling better already!

Fortunately, I decided to check out some of the blogs on my sidebar before I crashed into bed. Now I'm glad I did. I just had a very fun time with this post at StitchBitch's blog.

For all the cross-stitchers out there, you really need to check this out. You will see a pretty little piece of XS to be admired, and get a few chuckles from the story of its creation, and from the story *about* its creation. (Yeah, they really are two different things- you just have to go and read and click all available links.)

I'm WAY too tired to actually stitch tonight, but this was almost as good!

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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".