Tilting at Windmills: 90 years YOUNG!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

90 years YOUNG!

3 comments:

Etha said...: that is just so much fun, thanks for sharing :); February 26, 2010 at 3:58 PM
Bridgett Owens said...: Oh thanks for the reminder of this video. I had seen it before and loved it!! What a delight to watch them!!! They are having a ball!
Angel Hugs,
Bridgett; February 27, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Shirley said...: It is so wonderful to see older people so healthy and generating fun.; March 14, 2010 at 10:40 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".