Tilting at Windmills: So, there's good news and bad news

Thursday, June 18, 2009

So, there's good news and bad news

The good news? DS gave DH a pair of tickets to the Phillies game today for his birthday. DH took me! It was an afternoon game, my favorite kind. It rained all morning but stopped in time for the game. I wore my Philllies crocs, a Phillies shirt and the Phillies earrings DH brought me home from Spring Training. Our seats were FABULOUS! Right behind the Phillies dugout, inside first base and SOOO close to the field. It was a great game and we had a really good time.

The bad news? The Phillies LOST!!!! Boo-hoo!!!!

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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".