Tilting at Windmills: Happy Day!!!!!!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Happy Day!!!!!!

IT'S ALL OVER!!!!!!!

3 comments:

Perky said...: YAY!!!!! I'm doing a happy dance just for you right now!!!! I know you're REALLY going to enjoy this summer!!!! We'll have to get together at some point! It's already been too long!; June 12, 2009 at 12:36 AM
Etha said...: oh goodness, you're SHOUTIN ;); June 12, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Cindy said...: I've always said that the teachers are worse than the kids on the last day of school. LOL Enjoy your summer....you deserve it!; June 13, 2009 at 7:40 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".