Tilting at Windmills

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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denise said...: Donald Duck is my all time favorite character! Great pictures... sorry about your injury though.
Dancingly, denise; July 6, 2009 at 4:40 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".

Tilting at Windmills

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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Why "Tilting at Windmills"?

Picasso's Don Quixote

Welcome to my Sidebar!

NaBloPoMo

My Mantra

Pictures of my stuff

OPERATION WRITE HOME

The American Soldier Memorial Project

I've made 40+ loans!

My Quilting WIPs

Scrapbook WIPs

Digital Scrapbooking Offer

My Shutterfly Site

Blogs I like

I am an Austen Heroine

Jane Austen related Blogs

My CTMH consultant

Digital Scrapbooking

Digital Scrapbooking

Blogs by Historical Fiction authors

Digital Scrapbooking Blogs

I LOVE DISNEY

MICKEY!!!

Some Disney links I like

Historical Fiction links

Stitching Designers and Supplies sites

Some of my Favorite Stamp and supplies Companies

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